New Animal Welfare Law Backed by Annette Brooke MP
January 9, 2006 6:00 PM
Local Liberal Democrat MP Annette Brooke will be supporting the most far-reaching piece of animal welfare legislation for almost a century when it receives its 2nd Reading in the House of Commons tomorrow (10th January).
The Animal Welfare Bill will, for the first time, require owners to properly care for their pets and thus prevent thousands of animals from suffering ongoing neglect. Pet owners will be legally obliged to make sure their animals are well nourished, receive veterinary treatment if sick or injured, and are kept in an appropriate environment.
Annette Brooke MP said:
"Over many years I have worked in Westminster and locally in Poole with the RSPCA.
"Each year, RSPCA inspectors have to watch in frustration and sadness as the serious neglect of thousands of pets at risk turns into suffering. Although the owner can face prosecution once a pet is suffering, it is often too late to save the animal from death or lasting injury.
"I will be voting to ensure that the Animal Welfare Bill reaches our statute books swiftly to help prevent the serious ongoing neglect too many of our pets have been allowed to endure."
ENDS
Notes to editors:
The Animal Welfare Bill was published by the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs on 14 October 2005.
The Animal Welfare Bill will increase penalties for those found guilty of inflicting the most serious cruelty on animals. Further issues likely to be debated during the Bill's passage through Parliament are whether the docking of dog's tails for non-therapeutic purposes should be banned, and whether circuses should still be allowed to employ wild animals in their acts.
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