Dogs: Smuggling
(asked on 28th November 2023) - 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 estimate he has made of the number of puppies that have been illegally smuggled into the UK for sale in each of the last five years.
This question was answered on 11th December 2023
Due to the nature of smuggling, the Animal and Plant Health Agency does not hold specific data on the total number of puppies illegally smuggled each year.
The total number of non-compliances detected on certificates accompanying commercially imported dogs, cats and ferrets from EU countries are:
Year | Number of non-compliances |
2021 | 20,347 |
2022 | 17,833 |
2023 (up to September) | 6,195 |