Animal Sanctuaries

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 2:54 pm on 13 October 2021.

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Photo of Lesley Griffiths Lesley Griffiths Labour 2:54, 13 October 2021

I mentioned in my previous answer to Tom Giffard that the Welsh Government had funded a project with local authorities. It's a three-year project that we began as part of our work around bringing legislation forward in relation to banning third party sales of dogs and cats, which I brought in a few weeks ago. So, we have funded that project, working with local authorities, to see what the barriers were, because I think it doesn't always need legislation, does it? We certainly wanted to see what those barriers were, and funding was clearly a barrier, so we funded the project, which I think has now really helped local authority enforcement officers be able to keep up with the latest statutory guidance, for instance. They've had additional training and, I have to say, they've been a very good partner in bringing these guidelines forward.