Pets: Sales

(asked on 9th July 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, for what reason his Department took the decision to launch a consultation on third party sales of dogs and cats in addition to the call for evidence that already exists.


Answered by
George Eustice Portrait
George Eustice
This question was answered on 17th July 2018

Defra undertook a call for evidence in order to form a well-grounded understanding of the case for banning the third party sale of puppies and kittens, and of how such a ban should best be designed and implemented. The evidence we have obtained has valuably shaped the reforms which will formally be proposed via a consultation. Defra is working with a range of organisations, including the Canine and Feline Sector Group, to consider the impacts of a possible ban, including the impacts on rescue and rehoming centres. Any proposal to bring such centres into the scheme of licensing under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 would be subject to full public consultation. Any rescue centre that operates commercially and offers animals for a fixed fee in England would be in scope of being licensed as a commercial pet seller under the regulations.

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