Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 34755
Animal Welfare
Tabled: 28 February 2025
Answered: 10 March 2025
Question
Mr Peter Bedford
Conservative — Mid Leicestershire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made of the potential merits of strengthening protections for cruelty against (a) dogs, (b) cats and (c) ferrets.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerCausing unnecessary suffering to an animal is an offence under Section 4 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006, subject to a maximum sentence of five years imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine. This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambi...
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