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This code provides guidelines for the welfare of the pig. Its sets out the basic standards required to ensure that welfare. The code takes account of established farming practice and scientific knowledge of the physical and behavioural needs of the pig.

This code assumes that, whatever the form of husbandry, managers have a responsibility to care for the welfare of the animals under their control and that this care should be separate from the interests of economic production. The basic behavioural, anatomical and physiological needs of cattle are considered in this document irrespective of the degree of intensive husbandry practised.

This code assumes that, whatever the form of husbandry, managers have a responsibility to care for the welfare of the animals under their control and that this care should be separate from the interests of economic production. The basic behavioural, anatomical and physiological needs of sheep are considered in this document irrespective of the degree of intensive husbandry practised.

This code has been prepared from the point of view of the welfare of the fowl. Its purpose is to provide general guidelines on standards of accommodation, equipment and management which are appropriate to the physical and behavioural needs of the domestic fowl in accordance with established experience and scientific knowledge. This code should be observed by people who keep domestic fowls.

Animal protection legislation makes it an offecne to transport animals in a manner that subjects them to cruely. This code seeks to lay down the requirements of humane transportation of animals by road and rail.