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Humans have been keeping livestock successfully for thousands of years - were this not true, we would not have any today! What's more, our ancestors did this without mountains of paperwork.

We have heard of the farmer who's entire 600-strong herd of pedigree animals were confiscated due to simple paperwork errors and culled due to the 'significant welfare issues' created. DEFRA’s efforts should be concentrated on the welfare of the animals - strong immune systems in happy animals will keep disease at bay, not any amount of ear tags or passports.

We don't want anymore farmers to lose their livelihoods due to paperwork discrepancies. We want the right to take our goats for a walk, and keep a housecow without a 4 inch thick pile of forms to fill in. We want DEFRA officials to be able to use COMMON SENSE when dealing with a system too large and unweildy to work effectively, especially when the lives of our animals and our emotional wellbeing are at stake. Let’s stop DEFRA strangling our freedoms; let’s stop thousands of animals needlessly suffering; let’s help British agriculture and our countryside. Let’s stop letting the EU insult our intelligence!

Current signatories

Natalie Stoppard, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Dick King
• John Duck
• Jamie Toms
• ian jakeman
• Michelle Park
• dave Yates
• Louise Allen
• Joe Coupe
• summayah haarith
• Victor MacDonald
• Zoe Baden
• charlotte.c
• David Talbot
• mary foster
• Kath Arnold
• Jakki Wetherall
• william harris
• Tamsyn Parrish
• david kerr
• Becky Smith
• michelle radburn
• J Lyons
• William Davies
• Fiona Hewitt
• cath smith
• claire bennett
• Dennis Mapletoft
• Ali Davidson
• Laura Sales
• elspeth gash
• neil richards
• VICTORIA TOMLINSON
• Allan Challis
• A.Ganley
• kirsty watts
• Paulette Harwood
• Neil Oughton
• Jane Hunt
• Alistair William Fowlie
• Oliver Lines
• Helen Taylor
• Dot Tyne
• julie priest
• Fiona Cox
• michael richardson
• Trevor Salter
• Jan Rosser
• john webb
• Jennifer Williams
• June Clarke
• Tracey Fowler
• Kathy Wright
• Andrew Burr
• Hannah Roberson
• Steven Oakley
• Claire Oakley
• Tony Oakley
• LEE SUTTON
• Tom Blanchard
• Peter Clark
• James Bourne
• John Black
• Andrew Rainford
• Meredith Harvey
• M Thomson
• G Dawson
• C G Renner
• scott adam
• Mr G G Jones
• Mr E. Ruaridh Ormiston
• Keith Ashby
• issac hunt
• Peter Brock
• Stuart Jamieson
• Andrew Stevens
• gavin mileman
• Sophie Hawker
• Philip Cudmore
• S King
• N King
• James
• David Ractliffe
• Abdullah Rhodes-Taylor
• David Poyner
• Amanda Poyner
• Steven John Peter Spall
• Steve Hallett
• Susan David
• Freddie Wilcox