Animal Welfare Codes of Practice

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 2:12 pm on 13 June 2018.

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Photo of Joyce Watson Joyce Watson Labour 2:12, 13 June 2018

Last month the UK Parliament received signatures of 143,000 from a petition from supporters campaigning to ban the sale of puppies from pet shops and other third-party dealers. The campaign has been named 'Lucy's law', in memory of a rescue cavalier King Charles spaniel called Lucy, who was used as a breeding machine at a puppy farm with no regard for her welfare, and that campaign has cross-party support. Lucy's law will help to eradicate irresponsible breeding and selling, particularly from puppy farms, as it makes it illegal to sell puppies unless the mother is present. Cabinet Secretary, is Lucy's law something that Welsh Government may consider looking to introduce in Wales?