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No, the UK didn't vote that animals can't feel pain or emotion

22 November 2017

Campaigners say a recent UK vote will deny sentience to animals, but the reality is rather different. The real issue is what happens to animal welfare post-Brexit
Someone wearing a fox head mask in protest at the idea of bringing back fox hunting

UK foxes thankfully spared the baying pack, unlike Theresa May

20 June 2017

One good outcome of the hung parliament chaos will be a Queen's speech devoid of an utterly unscientific vow to resume fox-hunting, says Stephen Harris

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