Review the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006
What we’re campaigning for and how you can help.
What we’re campaigning for
After 20 years since its introduction, we’re calling for a review to modernise the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006.
Why we’re campaigning
This legislation must tackle today’s issues including the alarming growth and changing landscape of animal abuse like online trade in animals and sharing animal abuse footage online.
How we will do this
We want The Five Domains Model of Animal Welfare integrated into the Act, updating the current Five Freedoms catching up with the Dutch government, who have proposed changing the legal model underpinning its Animals Act. We need legislation in Scotland that cares for animals beyond their basic needs and want to lead the way in the world.
We must collaborate with veterinary professionals, animal welfare organisations, enforcement bodies, and online platforms to develop and implement relevant legislative reforms. Ensure that legal guidance and sentencing frameworks are appropriately updated.
Case Study
Our mission is clear: to make Scotland the best place in the world for an animal to call home. A place where every animal not only survives but thrives. This demands stronger laws, effective enforcement and political will. It calls for a nation proud to work together.
Animals count — but too often, their welfare is overlooked in policy and law. Our manifesto calls for urgent, evidence-based reforms in the next Parliament to ensure animals are protected, respected, and no longer treated as an afterthought.
What we’re asking candidates and political parties to do
We invite you to meet with us, hear the evidence behind our proposals, and explore how you can place animal welfare at the centre of your commitments. These are practical, achievable steps that will:
- Reduce animal abuse
- Strengthen enforcement
- Make Scotland safer and fairer for animals and people alike
What we’re asking Scotland to do
Use your voice for Scotland’s animals.
We are asking for Scotland’s support. You can do this by learning more about the issues we’re tackling, showing and sharing your support on social media, and adding your voice to the call for change.
Every conversation matters. Every show of support helps us make the case that animal welfare is not a luxury — it is essential to Scotland’s wellbeing.
Animals count in Scotland — Let’s make them count for something.
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