Comments on: Minister Pledges to Tackle Welsh Puppy Farming http://www.marcthevet.com/2009/11/minister-pledges-to-tackle-welsh-puppy-farming/ Shaggy dog stories Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:07:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Puppy Alert http://www.marcthevet.com/2009/11/minister-pledges-to-tackle-welsh-puppy-farming/comment-page-1/#comment-1161 Puppy Alert Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:55:53 +0000 http://www.marcthevet.com/?p=1110#comment-1161 If Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones AM is serious about tacking puppy farming then she must start by placing pressure on the Welsh Councils for their present lax standards when granting dog breeders a licence. Stop allowing Councils to grant licences to breeders who intend to use disused agriculture barns, cow sheds, calving pens, pig styes and disused refrigerated trailers for kenneling their breeding bitches as Councils do now. Stop allowing breeders to have 20 to 150 breeding bitches and no or inadequate staff to care for the dogs. Stop issueing Pet Shop licences to dealers to allow them to buy and sell puppies onto pet shops. Stop ignoring non complience with dog breeding and pet shop licencing conditions. Until the Welsh Assembly accept that existing conditions and standards are extremely poor in most dog breeding etablishments in Wales and be willing to bring standards up to what is acceptable standards in Dog Boarding Kennels, then what ever they say will have little or no overall effect on the animal welfare standards for the dogs. They must also tackle the health status of the dogs. None will be health screened and as three counties in Wales produce at least 26,000 puppies a year from licenced premises, double it would not be an under estimation for many will breed each season from their dogs and there are equally as many unlicenced breeders operating from these three counties as those that are. Therefore 26,000 puppies a year is a very low estimation and 50,000 plus is more likely, most will be bred from unscreened dogs and produce puppies with inherent faults and diseases. This is the commercial puppy trade, it is clandestine trade that needs strict regulation and standards introduced through Government if we are ever going to see this trade curbed. Stop puppies being sold from dealers and pet shops would curb much of this trade for a start. If Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones AM is serious about tacking puppy farming then she must start by placing pressure on the Welsh Councils for their present lax standards when granting dog breeders a licence. Stop allowing Councils to grant licences to breeders who intend to use disused agriculture barns, cow sheds, calving pens, pig styes and disused refrigerated trailers for kenneling their breeding bitches as Councils do now. Stop allowing breeders to have 20 to 150 breeding bitches and no or inadequate staff to care for the dogs. Stop issueing Pet Shop licences to dealers to allow them to buy and sell puppies onto pet shops. Stop ignoring non complience with dog breeding and pet shop licencing conditions.
Until the Welsh Assembly accept that existing conditions and standards are extremely poor in most dog breeding etablishments in Wales and be willing to bring standards up to what is acceptable standards in Dog Boarding Kennels, then what ever they say will have little or no overall effect on the animal welfare standards for the dogs. They must also tackle the health status of the dogs. None will be health screened and as three counties in Wales produce at least 26,000 puppies a year from licenced premises, double it would not be an under estimation for many will breed each season from their dogs and there are equally as many unlicenced breeders operating from these three counties as those that are. Therefore 26,000 puppies a year is a very low estimation and 50,000 plus is more likely, most will be bred from unscreened dogs and produce puppies with inherent faults and diseases. This is the commercial puppy trade, it is clandestine trade that needs strict regulation and standards introduced through Government if we are ever going to see this trade curbed. Stop puppies being sold from dealers and pet shops would curb much of this trade for a start.

]]> By: Puppy Love http://www.marcthevet.com/2009/11/minister-pledges-to-tackle-welsh-puppy-farming/comment-page-1/#comment-1160 Puppy Love Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:28:33 +0000 http://www.marcthevet.com/?p=1110#comment-1160 If the Assembly were really serious they would insist that LA's license conditions and the AW act was being implemented right now this minute . If they did this it would be a great improvement for the dogs at the present time while they wait for further improvements. Simple things like clean drinking water ,dry bedding, light and air and veterinary treatment when it was needed would be appreciated by forgotten dogs who have suffered for decades. At the moment these conditions are breached on daily basis. If the Assembly were really serious they would insist that LA’s license conditions and the AW act was being implemented right now this minute . If they did this it would be a great improvement for the dogs at the present time while they wait for further improvements. Simple things like clean drinking water ,dry bedding, light and air and veterinary treatment when it was needed would be appreciated by forgotten dogs who have suffered for decades. At the moment these conditions are breached on daily basis.

]]> By: Diarmuid Scullin http://www.marcthevet.com/2009/11/minister-pledges-to-tackle-welsh-puppy-farming/comment-page-1/#comment-1157 Diarmuid Scullin Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:00:47 +0000 http://www.marcthevet.com/?p=1110#comment-1157 The sale of puppies in pet shops needs to be banned. Shaming them doesn't work (although it may work for newspapers) and they've had their chance to act humanely. The argument that breeders put money into the economy is no argument at all, and probably one that William Wilberforce rolled his eyes at regularly. Time for legislators to step in. The sale of puppies in pet shops needs to be banned. Shaming them doesn’t work (although it may work for newspapers) and they’ve had their chance to act humanely.

The argument that breeders put money into the economy is no argument at all, and probably one that William Wilberforce rolled his eyes at regularly.

Time for legislators to step in.

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