Responsible animal ownership

Question 1

Animal Welfare act 2006?

Answer 1

• duty of care of owner even for a short time
• anyone who is cruel to an animal - banned, £20,000, prison

Question 2

What does the Pet Animals Act do?

Answer 2

• pet shop - licensed by local authorities
  
  • food and water
  • clean conditions
  • protected from disease and fire
• cant sell pets in street
• problem with online selling
• inconsistencies across authorities

Question 3

What is the Welfare of Farmed Animals Reg (2007)?

Answer 3

• cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, deer, poutlry (over 50) - must have CPH number and register with APHA
• pets are not excluded - still diseases

Question 4

WHat is included in the Breeding and Sale of Dogs Act 1999?

Answer 4

• license from local authorities if have a breeding facility and selling puppies (if having more than 5 litters a year)
  
  • need suitable accomodation, water, food
  • exercised, visited at suitable intervals
  • protection from disease
• bitches only bred from 1 year, only 1 litter a year, and 6 litters in her lifetime

Question 5

What is included in the Dangerous Wild Animal Act 1976?

Answer 5

• no person allowed to keep a dangerous animal unless they have a license
• authorites only give license if:
  
  • no against public interest
  • suitable person
  • animal is kept in suitable conditions and only kept under authority of the license
    
    • suitable food, water, accomadation, lighting, ventilation, temp etc
    • visited suitable intervals

Question 6

What is the code for privately owned non-human primates?

Answer 6

• breach of the codes - not an offence in itself
• Animals (Scientific Practises) Act and Zoo licensing Act
• not be kept as pets - part of the family
• wild animals - never be fulling tamed
• complex environment
• Herpesvirus - fatal to marmosets and tamarins, lemurs, new world monkeys - dont own

Question 7

What is included in the Dangerous Dog Act 1991?

Answer 7

• police/ council dog expert - make a decision about whether the dog is a danger to the public - either released/ kept in kennels while the council apply to court
  
  • not allowed to visit dog
  • cant be walked off lead/ without a muzzle in public place
  • cant be sold/ given as a gift/ abandoned
  • cannot be bred from
• Pit Bull types, Doggo Argentino, Japanese Tossa, Fila Brasileiro

Question 8

What ammendments were made to the DDA in 2014?

Answer 8

• instead of public place - dogs must be kept in control in all place in England and Wales
• injures any assistance dog as well as person
• sentences increased:
  
  • 3 years - assistance dog injured/ killed
  • 5 years - person injured
  • 14 years - person dies

Question 9

How many dogs were seized by police in England in 5 years?

Answer 9

• 7,000
• £5m spent
• £650 per dog
• 985 days - longest dog was kennelled

Question 10

What is the IED?

Answer 10

• Index of Exempted dogs
• if the court decides its not a risk
• must be neutered, microchipped, insurance taken out, have a Certificate to show within 5 days, muzzles and on lead in public, kept in a secure place, owner must be over 16
• notify IED if move/ dog dies

Question 11

What is the Public Space Protection Act?

Answer 11

• keep dogs on lead
• clear up after them
• stop them going to certain areas e.g. farmland
• only have a certain number of dogs with you

Question 12

What legislation applies to cats?

Answer 12

• cats are property - treated like any other theft
• right to roam - but no nuisence
• the Environmental Protection Act - decide what actions owners should reasonably have to take
• also have powers - foaling, smell, noise - too many cats at one property

Question 13

What is PETS?

Answer 13

• pet travel scheme
• dogs, cats, ferrets - allowed to enter country without quaratine
• must meet the requirments of scheme and location of where animal comes from - determinant factors
• Rabbits and rodents - from non EU countries - quarantines for rabies

Question 14

What are the requirements for pets travelling to Uk from EU?

Answer 14

• microchipped
• vaccination against rabies (21 days earlier)
• passport - new from 29.12.14
• tapeworm treatment 1-5 days before entering and signed passport (24-120 hours)
• no treatment needed from Malta, Finland, Ireland
• approved route

Question 15

What are the requirement for pets coming from non-approved countries?

Answer 15

• microchip
• vaccination to Rabies
• Pass a rabies blood test 30 days after vaccination
• wait 3 months after blood sample
• approved route used
• Pet passport
• tapeworm treatment - 1-5 days before

Question 16

What is included in pet preventative health?

Answer 16

• vet care
• vaccination
• microchipping - all dogs over 8 weeks - can get certificate of exemption from vet (approved by SoS - health reasons)
• exercise
• insurance

Question 17

What is included in the Riding Establishments Act?

Answer 17

• riding establishments are licensed under this act - council can put conditions on the license, consider:
  
  • manager
  • horse type suitability
  • pasture, exercise, stabling
  • precautions against fire and disease
  • health, welfare

Question 18

What does the Control of Horses Act include?

Answer 18

• fly grazing control
• before - could only be sold at auction/ market after 14 days
• now - have to be reported to police within 24 hours - and owners have 4 days to claim animals
• can now be gifted, rehomed and privately sold

Question 19

What animals are included in zoonotic legislation?

Answer 19

• individual animals
• animals in zoos
• farm animals
• pets
  
  • animal health act
  • zoonoses order

Question 20

What happens if you suspect a notifiable disease?

Answer 20

• notify APHA
• APHA - send out an APHA vet - take samples, give restriction
• APHA vet inspector will come out - take samples
• restrictions - no movement of animals/ materials
• temporary control zone
• restrictions stay in place until investigation is complete

Question 21

What happens if a notifiable disease is confirmed?

Answer 21

• APHA - restrictions - movement, culling, cleaning/ disinfecting
• gov investigates where the disease came from
• restrictions put on places where the disease is likely to have come from/ spread to
• may be a larger area - e.g. FMD - whole country
• shows, shooting, hunting, exports banned

Question 22

What does the Animal Welfare (Activities Involving Animals) Regulations 2018 include?

Answer 22

• puppies must be shown with their mother before sale
• new owner must be present during sale
• online sales - license number, country of origin, country of residence must be shown
• no puppies sold under 8 weeks
• new star rating system - welfare

Question 23

What are the 5 areas of licensed activity with animals by buisnesses?

Answer 23

• breeding animals
• training animals for exhibition
• hiring out horses
• selling animals as pets
• boarding animals for profit

Question 24

What is Lucys law?

Answer 24

• cant have a 3rd party selling puppies