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The Crimes You Never Hear About: Why Prevention Matters More Than Headlines

18.02.26 Crime prevention rarely makes headlines. Turn on the TV or scroll through the news and you’ll see dramatic stories: ...

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Ban Animal Testing, Not Protests: How we move forward without being silenced!

Photography by Abbie Green. 12.02.26 From today, you could be committing a crime if you were to protest against a ...

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Naturewatch Foundation’s 2025 Annual Review – A Year of Progress, Partnership and Protection

09.02.2026 Our hard-working team was busy in 2025, driven by a shared passion to improve the lives of animals. Every ...

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A sad day for animals in labs

05.02.26 I sat in the gallery of the House of Lords yesterday for the debate on the Public Order Act ...

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Police Reform. Valid Aims, but Serious Gaps for Wildlife and Animal Protection.

02.02.26 The Labour government’s recently published Police Reform White Paper raises several valid and necessary points. Improving accountability, rebuilding public ...

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‘Act to Protect’ – Protect Animals. Protect People.

29.01.26 National Domestic Abuse Helpline 0808 2000 247 When we talk about domestic abuse, violence against women and girls ...

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MPs debate the Animal Welfare Strategy for England: What was said and what does it mean for animals?

26.01.26 On 21st January 2026, MPs gathered in Westminster Hall to debate the Government’s Animal Welfare Strategy for England, the ...

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Pet Rescue Grant 2026 now open – could your favourite rescue be our next recipient?

24.01.26 Naturewatch Foundation’s Pet Rescue Grant 2026 is now open, and we’re inviting expressions of interest from rescues supporting dogs, ...

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Still Waiting: The Promise to Ban Trail Hunting.

20.01.25 A Clear Manifesto Commitment During the last general election, the Government made a clear and welcome commitment in its ...

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What’s next for those of us who lend our voices to the animals used in animal testing?

15.01.26 “Animal testing is not vital for this country’s day-to-day running, and to try to define it as such is ...

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Let’s get to 100k! We’re lending our voice to support Camp Beagle.

14.01.26 Time and time again, animal testing has been shown to be ineffective and fails to acknowledge genuine scientific modernisation. ...

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‘Sneaky’ law change could criminalise peaceful protest against animal testing

13.01.26 Naturewatch Foundation is urging Members of Parliament to vote against a controversial Statutory Instrument (SI) tomorrow (14 January 2026), ...