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Campaign to improve the health of Pedigree Dogs
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If you would like to help to change the existing system of dog breeding, here are some suggestions below.
If you missed seeing the BBC documentary film, 'Pedigree Dogs Exposed', a DVD of the film can be purchased from Passionate Productions website.
The current system of dog breeding is unregulated and it is this lack of regulation which has enabled dogs to be bred which suffer from, or are carriers of, genetic diseases and harmful traits.
I believe it should not be left to the breed clubs and the Kennel Club to self regulate. These organisations have a vested interest in breeding, selling and showing dogs, and in the case of the Kennel Club earn vast amounts of money from the registration and transfer of puppies.
The current Animal Welfare Act (2006) provides a 'duty of care' on all people who own dogs, but does not include a specific clause about breeding dogs and genetic health.
However, there is an opportunity under the secondary legislation of the Animal Welfare Act to provide greater protection for dogs from the suffering caused by inherited diseases and traits. The government department responsible for Animal Welfare is the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
In 2009 DEFRA published its Code of Practice for the Welfare of Dogs which, significantly, does not include the welfare impact of inherited diseases and traits. Surely companion animals should be given at least the same protection as farm animals?
Write to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) , Animal Welfare Division, 1a Page Street, London, SW1 4PQ or email hugh.togher@defra.gsi.gov.uk FAO Peter Hall, Henry Hoppe. More information on the Animal Welfare Act 2006, secondary legislation and codes of practice is available on the Defra website. The Minister responsible for Companion Animal Welfare is Lord TaylorWrite to your MP, House of Commons, London SW1A OAA. Even better go and see your MP at one of her/his constituency surgeries.Email the Companion Animal Welfare Council (CAWC): cawc@cawc.freeserve.co.uk Emai lthe Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare (APGAW): admin@apgaw.orgContact the Kennel Club, 1-5 Clarges Street, London WIJ 8AB. People you may wish to write to at the Kennel Club include Ronnie Irving (Chairman), Caroline Kisko (Secretary), Bill Lambert: Bill.Lambert@thekennelclub.org.uk Contact the Dog Advisory Council: heather.peck@dogadvisorycouncil.org.uk
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