Animal Welfare: Offensive Weapons

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of catapults on wildlife; and what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that wildlife is not (a) maimed and (b) ki

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1. 12 September 2025

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of catapults on wildlife; and what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that wildlife is not (a) maimed and (b) ki

   Source: Commons

2. 22 September 2025

   Answer

   The Government takes crimes against wildlife seriously and is aware of the ongoing misuse of catapults against wildlife. The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 protects all wild birds and some wild animals in England and Wales. While the Act does not speci...

   Source: Written answer

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