Monday, 7 April 2014

This Parliament considers animals to be sentient beings


 SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT MEMBERS DEBATE
 
Christine Grahame, Chair of the Cross Party Animal Welfare Group has Motion for Members Debate addressing Animal Sentience agreed for 15th May 2014.

 
Motion S4M-09418: Christine Grahame, Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 19/03/2014

 
That the Parliament considers that companion animals, farmed animals and wild creatures are sentient beings whose contribution to communities and the environment should be recognised and celebrated; acknowledges, in particular, the positive role of pets in the lives of children and adults throughout Scotland, including in Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, and the comfort and assistance that they provide for many people who have difficulty with vision, hearing, mobility or socialising, and affirms that animals need and deserve the best possible welfare standards appropriate for their species whenever they are bred, reared, traded or kept.

 

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