Dogs: Animal Welfare

(asked on 6th February 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

What steps her Department is taking to tackle the drugging of dogs for use by buskers.


Answered by
George Eustice Portrait
George Eustice
This question was answered on 6th February 2020

There are already laws and regulations in place to protect animals used by buskers. Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, it is a criminal offence to cause unnecessary suffering to an animal, and to administer an injurious or poisonous drug to an animal. Specific concerns about the welfare of dogs used by buskers can be reported to local authorities, the police or the RSPCA.

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