Drawing The Line Campaign

EDM number 969 in 2009-10, proposed by Roger Williams on 01/03/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Animal welfare.

That this House congratulates the British Horse Society's Drawing the Line campaign; notes that the campaign aims to tackle indiscriminate breeding in equids and reduce the number of animal welfare cases by increasing awareness through programmes of education; further notes that as of 2007 over 1,000 equids were in the care of charities; recognises that many rescue centres are at full capacity; acknowledges the valuable work that the 180 animal welfare officers of the British Horse Society do to reduce breaches of equine welfare; and calls on the Government to tackle this issue as a matter of urgency.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs.