The RSPCA believes the government must allocate increased resources to its farm animal inspection (in terms of number and nature of inspections visits) of farm animal holdings, to ensure that legislation relating to livestock welfare is being implemented across the UK.
This indicator is an important way of keeping a check on farms and markets to ensure standards are met. The number of visits to farms has steadily increased year on year between 2004 and 2008 with a small annual rise between 2007 and 2008.
Unfortunately, data for the latest report was unavailable at time of publication.
For more information, read the 'Animal Health' indicator.
