Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007

• Ensure specific welfare standards for farmed poultry, livestock, and rabbitsAny Person

• Ensure staff are trained on and have access to animal welfare codesAny Person

• Immediately cease keeping laying hens in conventional cagesAny Person

Unlimited fine

• Ensure enriched cages for laying hens meet minimum welfare standardsAny Person

Unlimited fine

• Provide proper housing and separation for calving and dairy cowsAny Person

• Ensure rabbit hutches and cages meet minimum size and shelter standardsAny Person

• Use safe, cleanable materials for animal housingTrader

• Provide lighting to avoid permanent darkness for housed animalsTrader

• Give animals kept indoors a daily period of rest from artificial lightingTrader

• Do not feed animals substances that cause suffering or injuryAny Person

• Do not use breeding procedures that cause suffering or injuryAny Person

• Do not use electrical current to immobilise animalsAny Person

• Care for ill or injured animals promptly and seek veterinary advice if neededAny Person

• Keep records of medicinal treatments and livestock deathsAny Person

• Do not restrict animal movement causing unnecessary sufferingFarmer or Animal Keeper

• Comply with welfare requirements for non-cage laying hen systemsAny Person

• Provide specified equipment for laying hens (feeders, drinkers, nests, perches, litter)Any Person

• Limit multi-level hen systems to four levels with proper spacing and droppings preventionAny Person

• Do not exceed nine laying hens per m² of usable areaAny Person

• Ensure conventional cage systems meet Schedule 3 requirementsOperator

• Ensure cages meet minimum height and area requirements for birdsAny Person

• Ensure cage floors support birds' claws and meet slope limitsAny Person

• Provide a feed trough of adequate length for laying hens in cagesFarmer or Animal Keeper

• Fit every hen cage with a suitable drinking systemFarmer or Animal Keeper

• Ensure welfare standards for conventionally reared meat chickensAny Person

• Inspect chickens at least twice daily and treat or cull sick birdsFarmer or Animal Keeper

• Clean and disinfect poultry housing between flocksAny Person

• Record chickens dead on arrival for high-density flocksOperator

• Keep stocking density within 33 kg/m² (or up to 39 kg/m² if conditions met)Any Person

• Notify the Secretary of State of high chicken stocking densitiesFarmer or Animal Keeper

• Keep poultry house records and maintain safe ventilation, heating and coolingFarmer or Animal Keeper

• Position drinkers to minimise spillageAny Person

• Give chickens permanent access to dry, friable litterAny Person

• Minimise noise in animal housingAny Person

• Do not muzzle calvesFarmer or Animal Keeper

• Provide artificial lighting for calves in artificially lit buildingsFarmer or Animal Keeper

• Ensure bedding for pigs is clean, dry and not harmfulAny Person

• Provide continuous access to fresh drinking water for pigsAny Person

• Provide permanent access to manipulable enrichment material for pigsAny Person

• Do not keep pigs in sweat-box system (high temp/humidity)Any Person

• Do not expose pigs to constant or sudden noiseFarmer or Animal Keeper

• Ensure boar pens allow turning and sensory contact with other pigs and have clean resting areasAny Person

• Keep sows and gilts in groups except around farrowingAny Person

• Provide solid resting area for pigletsAny Person

• Do not wean piglets before 28 days of ageEmployer

• Keep weaner and rearing pigs in stable groups after weaningOccupier

• Ensure tethers are safe and properly maintained for pigsAny Person

• Mix unfamiliar pigs at the right age and provide hiding placesAny Person