Animal Welfare
ACT 2006
- Makes owners and keepers
responsible for ensuring that the welfare needs of their animals are met.
These
include the need:
- For
a suitable environment (place to live) - dry lying
area, free from dangers
- For a suitable diet – fresh water
and adequate nutrition to maintain good health
- To exhibit normal behaviour
patterns
- To be housed with, or apart from,
other animals (if applicable)
- To be protected from pain,
injury, suffering and disease.
Anyone who is cruel to an
animal, or does not provide for its welfare needs, may be banned from owning
animals, fined up to £20,000 and/or sent to prison.
Please Note
This webpage is not an authoritative interpretation
of the law and is intended for guidance only.
For further information please
contact your local Trading Standards Service.
