{"id":321175,"date":"2026-03-09T19:48:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T19:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/321175\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T19:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T19:48:07","slug":"plan-unveiled-to-ban-wild-animals-from-calderdale-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/321175\/","title":{"rendered":"Plan unveiled to ban wild animals from Calderdale events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/lnp\/ldrs\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Local Democracy Reporting Service<\/a>, the council has received 17 event applications involving animals since April, ranging from dog shows and donkey rides to the camel racing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Officers said the council had a legal duty to protect animal welfare and ensure public safety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Labour cabinet member for regeneration and transport, Sarah Courtney, added clear guidance should help all concerned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;m an avid animal lover, and know that the vast majority of event organisers take the welfare of animals just as seriously as I and the council do, and that these events are put on in a caring and considerate way,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;However, we want to make sure that there is clear guidance and minimum standards, so when animals feature at local events, both event organisers and our events team can feel reassured that everything is being done to safeguard animal welfare and protect members of the public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve also extended this policy to cover film and TV productions, due to the growing reputation of the borough as a filming destination.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Cabinet councillors will discuss the plans on 16 March and are expected to recommend them to the full council for approval.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, the council has received 17 event applications involving animals since April,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[273,111,139,69,147],"class_list":["post-321175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}