The Scottish Government already determines animal welfare policy.
And a dozen meetings have taken place with the UK Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to try to reach a deal to devolve animal health and welfare funding.
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Animal health and welfare anomaly ‘unacceptable’
It is "unacceptable" that Scotland does not have responsibility for funding animal health and welfare, Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead has said.
