16-05-2025
- Politics
- South Wales Argus
League Against Cruel Sports protest outside Senedd
The League Against Cruel Sports' 'birds' were confined in 'tiny, barren cages' to expose what they say are low welfare standards in breeding pheasants and partridges for sport.
Emma Slawinski, chief executive of the League Against Cruel Sports, said: "These cages are tiny, they are bleak, and the birds suffer immensely.
"They are injured by attempting to fly out, and the females are injured by the male's talons repeatedly pulling out her back feathers.
"All of this is so eggs can be produced in their tens of millions to provide birds that only exist to be shot."
The campaigners' call for a ban on these cages aligns with a growing public demand for an end to cage-based farming systems.
A UK Parliament petition, launched by Joanna Lumley, to ban cages for farmed animals has surpassed 100,000 signatures.
The league is urging the UK and Welsh governments to act, calling on the Senedd to take the lead by legislating a ban in Wales.
Ms Slawinski added: "It is time for change and it is time for the government to ban these cruel cages."
