Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 7849

Cats: Animal Breeding

Tabled: 8 October 2024
Answered: 15 October 2024

Question

Wendy Chamberlain

Liberal DemocratNorth East Fife

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure welfare standards in cat breeding.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 (the Regulations), anyone in the business of breeding and selling cats as pets needs to have a valid licence issued by their local authority. Licensees must me...

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