Our celebrity and expert-backed letter, addressed to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, George Eustice, is calling for the government to implement a complete ban on duck farming in the UK. It has been signed on by Actor and Activist, Evanna Lynch, Architects Lead Vocalist, Sam Carter, Actor and Activist, Peter Egan, Springwatch Presenter, Zoologist and Conservationist, Megan McCubbin, and many more! We are a collaboration of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), Celebrities, Ethologists, Veterinarians and Animal Sanctuaries demanding that UK duck farming is banned.
Following the completely inadequate and dismissive response by Victoria Prentis, Minister of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to the Parliamentary Question tabled by Kerry McCarthy MP, on behalf of Animal Justice Project, we must take action ourselves!
The full list of signatories are as follows:
Evanna Lynch, Actor and Activist
Megan McCubbin, Zoologist, Conservationist and TV Presenter
Peter Egan, Actor and Activist
Sam Carter, Architects Lead Vocalist
Melanie Joy, PhD, EdM, Psychologist
Jake Conroy, Activist
Genesis Butler, Activist
Jon Beresford, Co-Founder of Brinsley Animal Rescue
Professor Andrew Knight, MANZCVS, DipECAWBM (AWSEL), DipACAW, PhD, FRCVS, PFHEA
Molly Vasanthakumar, Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery MRCVS
Dr. Alice Brough BVM&S MRCVS
Professor Alasdair Cochrane, Department of Politics, University of Sheffield
Marc Bekoff PhD, Biologist, Ethologist, Behavioural Ecologist and author
Dr. Helen Lambert BSc Hons, MSc, PhD, Animal Welfare Consultant
Jonathan Balcombe PhD, Scientist, Author and Speaker
Jordi Casamitjana, Zoologist, Ethologist and Author
Jo-Anne McArthur, President and Founder of We Animals Media
As well as the following organisations:
Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs):
Animal Justice Project, Animal Aid, Animal Equality, Animal Rebellion, Animal Save Movement, Animal Think Tank, Farm Transparency Project, Freedom for Animals, Global Vegan Crowdfunder, Humane Being, Hunt Investigation Team, Keep the Ban, Kindness Project, Million Dollar Vegan, OneKind, PETA UK, Surge, Viva! and Wake.
Animal Sanctuaries:
Ananda Animal Sanctuary, Back Into Daylight, Beneath the Wood Sanctuary, Bright Skies, Brook Farm Animal Sanctuary, Charlie’s Place, Footprints Animal Sanctuary, FRIEND Farm Animal Sanctuary, Liberty Animal Sanctuary, Millington’s Magical Barn, Pear Tree Farm Animal Sanctuary, Sheep Ahoy!, Surge Sanctuary, The Farm Animal Sanctuary, The Happy Pants Ranch, The Retreat Animal Sanctuary and Whitegate Animal Sanctuary.
When our own government shows time and time again that they do not care about the rights of animals and rather, they are only willing to help exploitative companies commodify the bodies of non-human animals, we must come together and take action. Duck farming is a dwindling industry and with your help, we can keep it in decline and welcome its demise.
As always,
For the animals.