Dogs: Animal Welfare

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to tackle the (a) cropping of dogs ears and (b) importation of dogs with cropped ears.

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1. 15 January 2024

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to tackle the (a) cropping of dogs ears and (b) importation of dogs with cropped ears.

   Source: Commons

2. 22 January 2024

   Answer

   Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 it is already an offence in England and Wales to carry out non-exempted mutilations on dogs, this includes the cropping of dog’s ears. In August 2021, we consulted on proposed changes to the commercial and non-commercial ...

   Source: Written answer

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