wotton12000
Active member
Hello Pauline
When a painful and hereditary health condition is widespread in a breed and there is a way of lowering the risk of this by health screening, it is an animal cruelty issue if screening is ignored.
There is nothing in our Animal Welfare legislation or in the current self regulatory system of pedigree dog breeding to prevent this cruelty from happening. It was this discovery that led me to take the action that I did, in contacting my MP and the Companion Animal Welfare Council.
None of the measures taken by the KC so far, since PDE, really changes this. Also, the debacle within the UK Cavalier Club committee is a further demonstration that prorities do not seem to lie with guardianship of the breed and care about the dogs.
I for one will not be giving up until there is some real protection for pedigree dogs from this kind of cruelty and irresponsibility.
Carol
When a painful and hereditary health condition is widespread in a breed and there is a way of lowering the risk of this by health screening, it is an animal cruelty issue if screening is ignored.
There is nothing in our Animal Welfare legislation or in the current self regulatory system of pedigree dog breeding to prevent this cruelty from happening. It was this discovery that led me to take the action that I did, in contacting my MP and the Companion Animal Welfare Council.
None of the measures taken by the KC so far, since PDE, really changes this. Also, the debacle within the UK Cavalier Club committee is a further demonstration that prorities do not seem to lie with guardianship of the breed and care about the dogs.
I for one will not be giving up until there is some real protection for pedigree dogs from this kind of cruelty and irresponsibility.
Carol