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Man jailed for mistreating animals kept as live bait
28 May 2015
A man has been jailed for 150 days for mistreating over 130 mice, rats and rabbits which he was keeping in cages in a greenhouse at his home in...
OneKind supports automatic bans for cruelty – and a new approach to offender behaviour
21 May 2015
OneKind was grateful to the Scottish Sun for asking us to support its campaign for animal abuse convictions to attract an automatic life ban on owning...
Around the manifestos
23 April 2015
With just two weeks to go, OneKind takes a look at the General Election manifestos to see what commitments are being made for animals. The good...
Puppy farming horrors exposed
16 April 2015
Consumers need to get wise - now Last night’s shocking exposé of puppy farming by BBC Scotland followed the supply chain in Scotland and...
The OneKind manifesto
19 March 2015
With the countdown on until Parliament dissolves on 30 March ahead of the General Election we’ve published our manifesto for animals. We all...
Government statement on household product testing
12 March 2015
The UK government has today announced the steps it will take to limit the use of animals for testing household products. Minister of State for Crime...
All Scottish dogs to be microchipped from next year
05 March 2015
OneKind welcomes the the announcement that all dogs in Scotland will need to be microchipped from April 2016 under a planned change in the...
FAWC recommends comprehensive uptake of CCTV in slaughterhouses
04 February 2015
This week has produced yet another devastating exposé of cruelty to animals in a UK slaughterhouse - another piece of outstanding work by...
Victories in fight against wildlife persecution
13 January 2015
It always strikes me as a bit odd that when we talk about crimes against wildlife we always refer to them as ‘wildlife crime’. Why not...
Member States sign joint declaration on animal welfare
16 December 2014
OneKind welcomes the Animal Welfare Declaration signed this week by Sharon Dijksma, the Dutch Minister of Agriculture; Christian Schmidt, the German...