Abstract: An animal restraint (10), typically as an animal collar, that encloses a girth of an animal including:—a belt (9) having a first (1) and second (2) belt ends and an elongate linker (3),—the first belt end (1) having an aperture (4),—the elongate linker (3) engaging the second belt end (2) at a first linker end, the elongate linker (3) passing through the aperture (4) to terminate at a stopper (7) at a second linker end; wherein a pulling force directed away from the girth of the animal applied to the stopper (7) when the restraint (10) is in a first larger girth position allows movement of, the elongate linker (3) through the aperture (4) throughout a plurality of second smaller girth positions to a minimum girth position, the minimum girth position being substantially similar to that of the girth of the animal.