Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 11299

Dogs: Electronic Training Aids

Tabled: 28 October 2024
Answered: 4 November 2024

Question

Sarah Champion

LabourRotherham

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ban the use of electronic shock collars in dog training.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The Government will introduce the most ambitious programme for animal welfare in a generation and will bring forward plans in due course. Ministers will be considering available evidence around the use of hand-controlled e-collars and their effects on the...

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