Law by nation
The same practice compared across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, with a primary source and a last-checked date against every cell.
Law & policy
What the law is, how it got here, and what is currently proposed.
Glossary
Forty terms from the law, the rescue sector and the trade — stringfoot, cubbing, GL41, lairage, AIPZ — each marked according to whether it has a statutory definition or is only sector usage.
Seasonal calendar
Close seasons, the hedge cutting ban and firework night hours charted across the year, alongside the wildlife windows behind them — each with the Act or the organisation it comes from, and the nations it binds.
Bills
Every bill before parliament that would change the law on animals, with the long title parliament published for it, the stage it has reached and whether it became law.
Divisions
How the Commons and the Lords divided on animal questions — the motion, the date, the counts and the majority. Never how an individual member voted.
Written answers
What the government has said in writing about animals: each question as tabled, each answer as given, attributed to the department that gave it.
Consultations
Government consultations about animals — what is open for responses and when it closes, and the record of what has been asked and what was decided. UK departments only; the devolved platforms publish no machine-readable list.
Petitions
Every open petition to parliament that asks for something about animals, with its signature count against the 10,000 and 100,000 thresholds, the government’s reply where one has been published, and the Hansard record where one has been debated.
Sector news
Headlines from the organisations’ own feeds — welfare charities and rescues alongside the bodies governing shooting, racing and angling. Headline, publisher, date and a link, and nothing else.
Timeline
UK animal welfare legislation from 1876 to this year, with each Act’s long title quoted from the register.