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Petition Protect Pets with a Database of banned owners

Do you know if the person you just rehomed a pet too, has been banned from owning pets? No, neither do the leading charities or pet shops.

What is the point in banning ownership, if the people rehoming the pets cannot tell if someone is banned?

A simple online database can fix this.

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Due to the lack of data untold numbers of pets will have been rehomed to places they shouldn’t be.

This information should be made available online to all animal Charities and Pet Stores. It should also be possible to share information about unfit owners, like those who continuously adopt and then rehome pets, or those who are known not to give the pets the care that is required.

This is the best way to help protect animals from owners that are known to mistreat the animals in their care.

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Get involved with House of Commons Committee inquiry on animal welfare in relation to domestic pets

You may be interested to know that the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee is currently looking into animal welfare in relation to domestic pets, including cats, dogs and horses. It will focus on the Animal Welfare Act which places a legal obligation on owners and keepers of animals to care for them properly. The Committee wants to examine the effectiveness of the Act and its enforcement with regards to domestic animals. It will also look at whether that Act and other existing legislation remains fit for purpose in the age of the internet with regards to the sale of domestic pets.

The Committee is asking for written submissions from people on the following issues:

-The effectiveness of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 with regard to domestic pets;
-Regulation surrounding the sale of domestic pets, including online sales and advertising;
-Enforcement of current animal welfare legislation, including prosecution of offences by the police, local authorities, the RSPCA and others;
-Comparative approaches to enforcement in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

The deadline for submissions is Thursday 17 March 2016.

You can find out more about the Committee's inquiry here: http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/environment-food-and-rural-affairs-committee/environment-food-and-rural-affairs-sub-committee/inquiries/parliament-2015/animal-welfare-domestic-15-16/

You can watch a short video about how Select Committees work here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_2RDuDs44c&feature=youtu.be

You can find out more about how to send a submission to a Select Committee here: http://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/committees/

You can follow the EFRA Committee on Twitter: @CommonsEFRA