UK’s leading feline welfare charity supports new Animal Welfare Act
Posted on Saturday, November 18 @ 22:07:41 GMT by jenvetadmin
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jenvetnurse writes "Statement from Cats Protection:
Cats Protection – the UK’s leading feline welfare charity – welcomes today’s enactment of the Animal Welfare Bill and looks forward to the Act coming into effect in England and Wales on 6 April 2007 (an equivalent law having already been passed in Scotland).
The charity, which rehomes around 60,000 stray or unwanted cats and kittens in the UK each year, has been actively involved in the process of bringing about a change in the existing animal welfare laws, which Cats Protection hopes will provide much greater protection against cruelty not just for cats but for all animals.
Until now, those responsible for pets could only be prosecuted for cruelty once cruelty had occurred. The new laws will introduce, for the first time, a legal duty on pet owners to provide for all of their pet’s needs, including:
A proper diet (food and water)
Somewhere suitable to live
Addressing any need to be housed with, or apart from, other animals
The opportunity to express normal behaviour
Protection from pain, suffering, injury and disease
The new laws will also increase the penalties for those who commit the most serious offences of cruelty against animals.
Dominic Sullivan, Cats Protection’s Head of Legal Services said: “These new laws represent the biggest change in animal welfare law for nearly a hundred years. As a charity that cares passionately about the health and well-being of the nation’s favourite pet, we hope that the Act will help to reduce feline suffering and ensure adequate punishment for those who abuse cats and other animals.”
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