As ministers know, animal welfare is popular with the public. Trickier issues such as the damage to wildlife caused by dogs and cats, carbon emissions from intensive livestock farming and the need to reduce overall meat consumption are ducked in a strategy that focuses on the recognition of animals as sentient beings.
Not the only things being ducked. As bloggers have been quick to point out.
But ministers are right to highlight the issues. Animals should be treated with compassion, not cruelty. In a world that is changing rapidly for them as well as for humans, the law needs to keep up.
It did in Denmark. So why not here?
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