Dogs: Animal Breeding
(asked on 2nd February 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dog breeders were licensed by local authorities in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, and c) 2017.
This question was answered on 8th February 2018
We do not hold such information. Local authorities are responsible for issuing licences for dog breeders. However, according to a report by Battersea Dogs & Cats Home in 2015 entitled Licensed Dog Breeding in Great Britain and based on a Freedom of Information Act request of all local authorities, there were 895 licensed dog breeders in Great Britain.