On the evening of March 23rd 2020 the Prime Minister announced the commencement of lockdown and within hours advice was coming from all quarters as to how different professions should react. The animal industry is incredibly complex and varied and the government could not possibly provide advice and legislation to cover every eventuality. This left Professional Associations and Regulators scrambling to interpret the rules and advise their members. In addition, many workers within the industry have no compulsory regulator and therefore no single source of information and help.