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That this House notes the continuing reports of allegations of cruelty and animal suffering associated with puppy farms; and calls upon the Government to review the effectiveness of the current procedures and legislation relating to animal safety in puppy farms.

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The Petition which has more than 4,000 names has been presented to the council. The calls came after the Y Byd as Bedwar programme on S4C exposed the horrendous conditions puppies were bred in at some farms in Carms.

Jan Gilmour who is organising the petition says CCC should stamp out the problem.

Horrendous

“Carmarthenshire is known as the puppy farm capital of the UK and that is a label no county wants when dogs are being kept in such horrendous conditions” she added.
“There are at least 90 licensed puppy farms in Carms – more than the rest of Wales put together. These dogs often die at a young age or have long-term health problems” she claimed.

Bitches are forced to breed when they are too young, or ill, or blind. Stud dogs are often killed afterwards – we’ve known some to be hanged or clubbed.

Carms head of public protection Philip Davies said:

“Carms has been in touch with a number of animal welfare organisations following the programme.
Council animal health officers visited the licensed dog breeding establishments featured in the programme and found no enforcement was necessary.

Once the petition is received it will be examined and the council will let the organiser know what is being done about it.

The council continues to work in partnership with Dogs Trust, local animal welfare rescue organisations, the RSPCA, local veterinary practitioners and the Assembly in raising standards among dog breeders through its membership of the Dyfed-Powys Companion Animal Welfare Forum”

1) That dogs and society in the UK would benefit from a nation of better informed dog owners
5) That all potential dog owners should be better informed as to how to select responsible suppliers of dogs
6) That irresponsible suppliers and producers of dogs should be properly legislated against

Do you have a yearning to help us in our mission to drive down the number of dogs irresponsibly bred for profit and work on initiatives to better inform buyers of dogs on how to select responsible suppliers?

If so, then The C-fidos Commercial Dog Dealing (anti Puppy Farming) Steering Group would love to hear from you.

Head of Steering Group: [Not yet selected] Apply below:

Role of Head of Steering Group:

The head of a steering group is responsible for selecting and working with their own team within their particular steering group (members). This enables the running of C-fidos to be autonomous but highly structured.

The heads of the steering groups will work with the chair and chief executive on deciding group policy / strategy decisions and will then work with the members of their steering group and supporters / affiliates in executing agreed upon strategies.

What will the heads of the steering group need to do?

They will need to establish their plans and objectives within their sector and those objectives should correspond with one or more of the founding principles of the organisation.

They will develop plans: Along with support and guidance from the chair and chief executive the heads of the steering groups will decide what do they want to achieve? How can they set out to achieve it? What needs to happen to make it a reality? These plans will then be agreed and set in to action.

They will also need to provide regular position statements and supply updates on news or major events that are happening within their sector. For example, if we use the head of the C-fidos Dangerous Dogs Act steering group head for illustration – If DEFRA issued new DDA guidance, C-fidos would like to report and update its supporters with this news as well as outline and explain the implications of this change in legislation. It would be the role of the head of the DDA steering group, working alongside the members of this particular steering group to provide this information for publication and promotion to C-fidos supporters / affiliates.

Steering group heads are also encouraged to help promote the overall aims of C-fidos, encourage new supporters and constantly be on the look out for interesting people who could contribute to their own steering group.

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