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A committed supporter of animal welfare, Caroline served as an honorary Vice-Chairman of the RSPCA. This enabled her to work with them on a number of national campaigns and join the local inspector on her rounds in Gosport. She fully supports the increase in the maximum sentence that animal abusers who commit the most heinous crimes can receive.

Caroline actively backs the Hunting Ban and is committed to opposing any amendments that would weaken the ban. As a supporter of the League Against Cruel Sports and Conservatives Against Fox Hunting, she has worked hard to ensure this cruel practice remains outlawed and was even chosen as rockstar Brian May's 'Hero of 2010' for her work in this area. Caroline met with Peter Egan in March 2022 to discuss banning imports on hunting trophies. On this, Caroline said: "Our current legislation on imports of hunting trophies is one of toughest in the world, protecting nearly 7,000 species but all the time these loopholes exist there’s more to do and 9 in 10 people support further action. It’s time to end this barbaric practice once and for all”.  

Caroline welcomes the UK’s Ivory Bill, which is the toughest in Europe and amongst the toughest in the world – helping to protect elephants for future generations. These robust measures are essential to protect elephants and fight back against poachers. Caroline also strongly supports the tight regulations of the importation of fur products.

As a Dog Lover, Caroline is a strong supporter of “Finn’s Law” which will offer stronger protection for the many brave service animals that help to protect us.  She strongly believes that these loyal service animals deserve our best protection and is pleased that the Government has announced its support for this Bill. She also welcomes the ban on third party sales of puppies and kittens.

High standards of animal welfare at slaughter is something that Caroline is very keen to promote and she is pleased that CCTV is now mandatory in all slaughterhouses.

It is vital that our marine habitat is protected and Caroline is delighted that plans have been set out to create 41 new Marine Conservation Zones across the UK, safeguarding almost 12,000 square kilometres of marine habitats and marking the most significant expansion of the UK's 'Blue Belt' of protected areas to date. Our local seas also fall under Marine Protection Areas.

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Caroline gets behind ‘Generation Kind’

Friday, 24 January, 2020

Local MP, Caroline Dinenage attended the RSPCA’s drop-in in the House of Commons and met with Chief Executive Chris Sherwood to hear about how its Generation Kind initiative helps teach compassion to our children and about their work to protect animals in the Gosport Constituency.

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Caroline Encourages Constituents to Have Their Say On Trophy Hunts Trade

Monday, 4 November, 2019

This weekend the Government launched its long awaited consultation on the import and export of animal trophy hunts.

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Caroline welcomes Queen’s Speech

Monday, 14 October, 2019

Local MP, Caroline Dinenage, welcomed today's Queen’s Speech setting out the Government’s ambitious domestic agenda, focusing on core priorities of getting Brexit done, investing in our NHS, tackling violent crime, and dealing with the cost of living.

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Caroline Dinenage Welcomes Tougher Animal Welfare Laws

Friday, 4 October, 2019

The Government has announced new policies to tackle animal welfare issues in the UK.

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MP Welcomes Most Ambitious Spending Round In A Decade

Wednesday, 4 September, 2019

Gosport MP, Caroline Dinenage has welcomed today’s Spending Round announcement for 2020-21 which shows the fastest increase in day to day spending in 15 years.

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Caroline Meets Cutest Gosport Pets!

Monday, 22 July, 2019

On Friday, local MP, Caroline Dinenage, met the winners of her Gosport’s Cutest Pet Competition to award their prize!

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Caroline welcomes tougher sentencing for animal cruelty

Thursday, 27 June, 2019

Local MP, Caroline Dinenage, has welcomed a new bill to enable tougher prison sentences for the worst animal abusers which was introduced to Parliament yesterday.

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Caroline Applauds Banning Wild Animals in Circus Bill

Monday, 13 May, 2019

The Government has announced a new Bill that will ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses.

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Lucy’s Law is Presented to Parliament  

Monday, 13 May, 2019

Today, Lucy’s Law is being presented in Parliament, proposing a ban on the third party sale of puppies and kittens.

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Finn’s Law Finally Receives Royal Assent

Thursday, 11 April, 2019

Local MP, Caroline Dinenage, has welcomed news that Finn’s Law – the Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Bill – has now received Royal Assent and will come into force in June 2019.

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