These Regulations give effect to Council Directive 98/58/EC concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes and require owners and keepers to ensure the welfare of their animals. These Regulations apply to the protection of animals kept or bred for farming purposes and do not apply to animals living in the wild and other animals specified in regulation 3. "Animal" means any animal (including fish, reptiles or amphibians) bred or kept for the production of food, wool, skin or fur o