People in favour of animal rights should vote Leave

Let's face it. Animal Rights is one of the EU's biggest downfalls.

This is the same continent spanning power who still allows bullfighting to continue, allows bull running to continue, blocked British legislation banning the export of live animals, has failed to act on the hunting of songbirds in Cyprus and Malta. Allows puppy farms in Cyprus. Has barbaric treatment of pigs in Denmark and Holland in the way that they are reared. Allowed Greenland to import seal fur into the EU. Allows the use of foie gras whilst the UK has banned it.

The export of live animals for food is disgusting. They are transported in cramped, hot conditions and often to countries that do not have the same animal rights standards as in the UK. Really, we wanted to ban that but the EU stopped us from banning the export of live animals.

For anyone believing animal rights will be better protected in the EU just look at the treatment of pigs in Denmark and Holland.

Finland, Germany and Hungary still allow beastiality. We outlawed it in 1290.

The UK is head and shoulders above the rest of the EU in terms of animal rights. Yet today I read a Guardian article saying it's better for animal rights if we stay?

Well, even if we leave we will still be importing animals, perhaps from even worse conditions, from countries such as China. At least in the EU the meat will be more regulated...

No we won't. The UK actually tried to ban the export and import of live animals but were stopped by the EU. If we leave the EU we can put a stop to that practice once and for all.

The government hasn't made any recent attempts to ban live transport. You're lying to yourself if you think a Tory government is going to do it while they're already trying to repeal existing animal protections. EU legislation is being used as a convenient excuse, the government have no intention of banning it.

And if the EU was so good at protecting Animal Rights they would stop the Torys doing so. The fact they haven't got legislation to stop it shows that the EU is ineffective when it comes to animal rights.Compared to Europe, the UK has far higher standards of Animal Rights.You only have to google Dutch pig farms or Danish pig farms to see the EUs failings in protecting animal welfare.The EU still allows the production of Foie gras where animals are force fed food to fatten them. The UK banned it but the EU has yet to do so.For their failings, as least the UK doesn't allow barbaric blood sports such as bullfighting which the EU has yet to outlaw and, seemingly, won't ever outlaw it.The EU is terrible when it comes to animal rights. At least once we leave we can ban the export and import of live animals, the way we intended before the EU stopped us.

The government hasn't made any recent attempts to ban live transport. You're lying to yourself if you think a Tory government is going to do it while they're already trying to repeal existing animal protections. EU legislation is being used as a convenient excuse, the government have no intention of banning it.

You really think the Torys will be in power once the Brexit negotiations are over and we finally leave?

LOL

At the next election Labour will win by a landslide. We won't be leaving right away, you know? It will take years of negotiations before we leave at which point Labour will be in charge or, it will be nearing the next elections when a Labour government will be elected.

The only reason the Torys won the last election was because they promised a referendum.

The EU are stopping the Tories from doing it. You're living in the past. The UK hasn't been this champion of animal rights that you seem to think it is for a long time.

Nice try, champ.

But the UK commonly is in the top 5 countries in terms of animal rights.

http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/the-best-places-for-animals/

Here's you can compare the Animal Welfare rating of up to 4 countries.

http://api.worldanimalprotection.org/compare

France gets a C, Italy gets a C, Germany gets a B, the UK gets an A.

To claim that we don't lead the way in terms of animal welfare is ludicrous.

Nice try, champ.

But the UK commonly is in the top 5 countries in terms of animal rights.

http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/the-best-places-for-animals/

Here's you can compare the Animal Welfare rating of up to 4 countries.

http://api.worldanimalprotection.org/compare

France gets a C, Italy gets a C, Germany gets a B, the UK gets an A.

To claim that we don't lead the way in terms of animal welfare is ludicrous.