Responsible animal ownership Flashcards
What are some examples of responsible ownership and preventative healthcare for pets
- Avoid impulsive decisons about obtaining pets
- Managed breeding or neutering to control pet reproduction
- Preventative health through vaccinations and parasite prevention
- Attaining pet insurance when possible
- providing sufficient exercise
What does the animal welfare act (2006) do?
places a duty of care on the animal’s owner even if it’s a
short period.
* Animals well-being must be managed through better preventive healthcare.
* Applies to all animals under the care of keeper/owner.
* BVA’s Voice of the Veterinary Profession survey found that UK CA and NTCA vets felt
irresponsible pet ownership to be one of the most pressing animal welfare issues.
* Anyone who is cruel to an animal, or does not provide for its welfare needs, may
be banned from owning animals, fined up to £20,000 and/or sent to prison.
What is Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Act 2019 – ‘Finn’s Law’ ?
- to protect service animals
such as police dogs and
horses - prevents those who attack or
injure service animals from
claiming self-defence
What is ‘lucys law’ ?
- Banning the sales of puppies and
kittens (under six months in both
cases) by third party sellers/anyone
other than the breeder. - Ban licensed sellers from dealing in
puppies and kittens under the age of
eight weeks. - Licensed breeders must show
puppies alongside their mother before
a sale is made. - Tighten regulations so that puppy
sales are completed in the presence
of the new owner – preventing online
sales where prospective buyers have
not seen the animal first.
What is the animal welfare sentencing act 2021?
- maximum prison sentence for animal
cruelty will be raised from six months to
five years from 29 June 2021. - dog fighting, abuse of puppies and
kittens, illegally cropping a dog’s ears
and gross neglect of farm animals. - As well as a prison sentence, offenders
can also receive an unlimited fine
What are the 5 key areas that the animal welfare bill will raise the standards in?
- Puppy smuggling
- Live exports
- Ban of keeping primates as pets
- Livestock worrying (greater protection against out of control dogs, extends to llamas, ostriches etc.)
- Zoos
What is the pet animals act
- any person keeping a pet has to be licensed by the local council
- Before granting the license the council has to be satisfied that-
1. the animals are kept in clean accomodation
2. they are supplied with appropriate food and drink
3. they are adequately protected from disease and fire - pets cannot be sold on the streets, e.g barrows and markets
What does the welfare of farm animals act do?
- Sets minimum standards for all farm animals.
Farm animals still protected under Animal
Welfare Act 2006. - For cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, deer and poultry
(more than 50 birds) there is a requirement to
have a CPH number (county parish holding)
from the Rural Payments Agency and be
registered with the APHA. - Different identification and record
-keeping
requirements apply to individual species. - No exemption for pets as they are agricultural
species that can catch the same diseases
subject to the same controls and regulations as
commercial livestock herds (even if you only
have one animal).
What is the dangerous wild animals act 1976
No person should keep any dangerous wild animals except under the authority of a license granted in accordance with the provisions of this act by the local authority
What do the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 and the Zoo Licensing Act 1981 say about privately owning primates
Primates should not be considered as pets in the accepted sense of the word: they are not species that can be treated as part of the family in the way that a cat or dog might be.They are wild undomesticated animals that cannot be house-trained or fully tamed.
What are the rules surrounding the dangerous dogs act 1991?
- You’re not allowed to visit your dog while you wait for the court decision
- No person shall breed, or breed from, a dog from list.
- Sell or exchange such a dog or offer, advertise or expose such a dog for sale or
exchange; - Make or offer to make a gift of such a dog or advertise or expose such a dog as a gift;
- Allow such a dog of which he is the owner or of which he is for the time being in charge
to be in a public place without being muzzled and kept on a lead; or - Abandon such a dog of which he is the owner or, being the owner or for the time being
in charge of such a dog, allow it to stray
What must you do if you are an owner of a dangerous dog?
*take out insurance against your dog injuring other people
*be aged over 16
*show the Certificate of Exemption when asked by a police officer or council dog
warden, either at the time or within 5 days
*let the IED know if you change address, or your dog dies
What happens if your dog is banned but the court does not think that the dog is a danger to the public?
You can be given a certificate of exemption (IED)
What does the Public Space Protection Order mean for dogs in public?
You may have to
* keep your dog on a lead
* stop your dog going to certain places, e.g farm land
* limit the the amount of dogs you hvae with you
* clear up after your dog
What does the theft act 1968 mean for cats?
cats are considered to be ‘property’ of the owner and theft of a cat is considered to be the same as any other pet
they have a legal right to roam as long as it doesn’t cause any nuisance to the neighbourhood
