Puppy sales to be banned from Pet Shops

Penny Less

Penny Less

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I thought this was the case already, none of the pet shops locally have sold puppies or kittens for years. Will this do anything to stop the puppy farmers, as you will still be buying from the breeders . Might stop the foreign puppies being brought in I suppose.
Another "passports for horses" type scenario , no enforcement ?
 
i also thought this was already a law.....they need to scan the ads in gumtree, preloved etc to find pups from the puppy farmers and stop them from selling or make sure that they are registered and pay tax on their earnings. that might stop them......
 
I live opposite a recently shut down puppy farm, perfectly legal but awful inside. Was shut down when the owner split up from her partner . the owner dumped all the existing bitches, dogs and puppies round local rescues, got themselves back on their feet living elsewhere and has now bought loads more bitches to start up again. NO regulation, no enforcement nothing, all perfectly legal here in Wales. To hear the dogs screaming as they fight and howling all night when the pups were taken away from their Mothers was horrific, there was up to 80 breeding bitches in that barn. They NEVER came out of the metal barn which was boiling hot in the Summer and freezing cold in the Winter, yet they had 12 acres of grass the dogs could have roamed in.
They used to take them out in a sheep trailer late at night straight up to London and the puppy dealers. The owners both had brand new Audis from the profits.
I really do hope they make puppy farming illegal full stop AND enforce it but knowing the pathetic government, I very much doubt it
 
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111165485

The 2018 Act is far superior to the 2006 Act. Fines, penalties and enforcement is much stronger. Performing Animal Licensing has been removed from TS function to LA licensing.

The most influential change is 5 litters down to 3 per year. Many EH departments are now in shared service with licensing officers and many back street breeders are caught via noise and odour complaints.

There is a very complex matrix system for licensing officers to risk assess a premises, that assessment will then form part of decision making in granting of licenses. Record keeping and puppy accountability is part of the breeding conditions (part 5 of the act covers dog breeding).

The Riding Establishment Act 1964 is obsolete and included in the 2018 act. Hunter hirelings, polo/polocrosse lessons, trekking and schoolmaster lessons have all been caught.

The legislation becomes law on 1st October and it will take at least 12 months for officers to implement it.
 
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