Posted on 12/12/2017 9:56:23 AM PST by ColdOne
Environment Secretary Michael Gove said Tuesday, promising that welfare standards would improve after leaving the European Union.
"We are a nation of animal lovers so we will make Brexit work not just for citizens but for the animals we love and cherish too," said Gove, a leading pro-Brexit campaigner for the 2016 EU referendum.
Gove was presenting a draft law that would enshrine the concept of animal sentience into British law and introduce new jail sentences for animal abusers.
"Britain outside the European Union can have higher standards on the environment and indeed on animal welfare," he said.
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Waiting for the day when they give animals the right to vote.
Dogs hit hardest.
Animal abusers deserve death. Period.
Adolf Hitler and vegetarianism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler_and_vegetarianism#Analysis
Animal welfare in Nazi Germany
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_welfare_in_Nazi_Germany
Animal welfare and rights in Germany
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_welfare_and_rights_in_Germany
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