Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 40882
Animal Welfare: Crime
Tabled: 24 March 2025
Answered: 31 March 2025
Question
Dr Al Pinkerton
Liberal Democrat — Surrey Heath
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help reduce animal (a) theft and (b) cruelty in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThe Pet Abduction Act makes pet abduction a criminal offence. In England, the maximum term of imprisonment in the Pet Abduction Act is five years and/or an unlimited fine. Causing unnecessary suffering to an animal is an offence under Section 4 of the Ani...
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