As the EU referendum debate rages on, with conflicting facts and assertions flung both ways, it’s worth taking a step back and thinking of the positive things we have achieved together in Europe. So often, they remain unseen and unacknowledged. Take the protection of animals. The EU now has some of the highest animal welfare standards in the world. In 2012 it banned battery caged hens and sow stalls that cruelly restricted movement, giving the…
How a Brexit would end British high animal welfare standards
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