NEW animal welfare legislation is likely to come into force by early next year.

A DECADE after 13,000 islanders signed a petition demanding that laws protecting the island’s animals should be strengthened, there is at last cause for hope.

CELEBRITIES including Sir Roger Moore, Joanna Lumley and John Nettles have pledged their support to the campaign to improve Guernsey’s animal welfare legislation.

ISLANDERS who want new animal welfare legislation brought in more quickly are being encouraged to lobby deputies to support an amendment designed to give politicians more power to prioritise laws.

JUSTICE SECRETARY Ken Clarke will look into the progress of Guernsey’s new animal welfare law after campaigners sent a letter to the Queen.

STATES members could get the chance to move animal welfare legislation higher up the list of priorities within three months, according to Chief Minister Lyndon Trott.

ANIMAL welfare campaigners will gather outside the Royal Court this morning to lobby States members for updated cruelty laws.

HOUSING has defended tenants’ rights to keep pets, following calls for checks on those banned from keeping animals.

A CAMPAIGN promoting animal welfare has been launched today with the publication of shocking images taken over a decade in Guernsey.

A TERMINALLY-ill woman, who has campaigned for an animal welfare law for a decade, hopes to see it happen before she dies.