Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill

This bill creates new rules for keeping animals in England. It bans keeping primates like monkeys as pets unless you have a special licence. The bill stops people importing hunting trophies from endangered animals. It also ends live animal exports for slaughter or fattening - meaning farm animals cannot be transported alive to other countries for these purposes. The government says these changes will improve animal welfare standards. Animal rights groups support the measures. Some farming and hunting organisations say the export ban could hurt British farmers economically and that trophy hunting can support conservation in some countries. The bill applies to England, with some parts extending to Wales and Scotland.

• 1Bans keeping primates as pets without a special licence
• 2Stops imports of hunting trophies from endangered species
• 3Ends live exports of farm animals for slaughter or fattening
• 4Creates stricter welfare rules for kept animals
• 5Applies mainly to England with some UK-wide elements