Dogs: Animal Welfare

(asked on 7th June 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken to enforce the law against people who advertise for sale online a dog with an illegally docked tail.


Answered by
George Eustice Portrait
George Eustice
This question was answered on 12th June 2018

Anyone who sees a dog being advertised online with a suspected illegally docked tail should report the matter to the relevant local authority who have powers to investigate such matters under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. The RSPCA can also investigate such matters.

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