New Laws next month

Catty

• Last online: 22 Oct 2007
• Mother Hen
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• Registered: 22 August 2006
• From: N. Yorkshire UK

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With the new laws coming in next month.

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The Animal Welfare Act, which comes into force at the end of March in Wales and on Friday 6 April in England, will provide much greater protection for animals.

It includes a new welfare offence, which will for the first time protect thousands of animals from enduring serious ongoing neglect each year, by legally obliging owners to care for their pets properly.
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I thought this link may be useful for anyone thinking of getting a pet.


http://www.rspca.org.uk/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RSPCA/RSPCARedirect&pg=petcare

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Laura Cannon

• Last online: 24 Jun 2008
• Chesire Cat
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• Registered: 9 August 2006
• From: Winchester, UK

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Thanks Catty - that's really useful.
For a quick reference guide, I've summarised the info here:

Under the Animal Welfare Act anyone who is responsible for a pet will have a legal responsibility to meet the five basic welfare needs of pets. These are:

a proper diet, including fresh water
somewhere suitable to live
any need to be housed with or apart from, other animals
allowing animals to express normal behaviour
protect from and treatment of, illness and injury.