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Companion Animals Amendment (Puppy Farm) Bill 2021 - *Letters to Politicians*28-10-2022
The following Special Notice contains 10 points which are some of the negative areas in the proposed Companion Animals Amendment (Puppy Farm) Bill 2021, which will affect DOGS NSW members.
Whilst DOGS NSW Code of Ethics XIII, Clause 20, prohibits our members from selling to retail or wholesale outlets, the banning of pet shops to sell only rehomed dogs or cats, is going to create another arm for true “puppy farm breeders”. The price of puppies and kittens could skyrocket under a Labor-supported Bill. This is just one of the aspects of concern!
Members are reminded of the ongoing amendments to the Companion Animals Amendment Bill. As advised by the President in her report in last week’s Weekly Woof, recently in the Parliamentary Upper House NSW, the Greens and the Animal Justice Party joined to advance the Bill “The Companion Animals Amendment (Puppy Farms) Bill 2021”. The Bill bans pet shops from selling anything other than dogs or cats, who are needing rehoming.
Members are reminded of the ongoing amendments to the Companion Animals Amendment Bill. As advised by the President in her report in last week’s Weekly Woof, recently in the Parliamentary Upper House NSW, the Greens and the Animal Justice Party joined to advance the Bill “The Companion Animals Amendment (Puppy Farms) Bill 2021”. The Bill bans pet shops from selling anything other than dogs or cats, who are needing rehoming.
The following are the 10 significant points which will affect DOGS NSW members:-
1) Two litter limit in a lifetime (what advantage or scientific evidence that this is of benefit to any species).
2) Desexing all male dogs over the age of 6 years (same as above).
3) Not breeding from a female if the previous litter had a hereditary fault (how is the hereditary fault proven to be that of the mother only).
4) Not mating dogs related by blood (dogs evolve from wolves so all could be said to be somewhere related).
5) Council enforcement officers have the right to enter and seize animals on premises without right of appeal, if there is any non-compliance.
6) What qualifies any Council officer to assess dog breeding matters.
7) How does this Companion Animals Amendment (Puppy Farm) Bill 2021 actually address finding the “Puppy Farms” and their farmers who are all under the radar whilst DOGS NSW is transparent with its registrations containing microchip numbers, etc. (DOGS NSW suggests that the authorities mount a blitz on advertising on Gumtree and online platforms and use current up to date methods as used in looking for criminals to locate these puppy farms.
8) DOGS NSW member breed clubs offer rehoming.
9) DOGS NSW breeders have to pass a theory examination and have their premises inspected before being allowed a breeding prefix with DOGS NSW.
10) DOGS NSW self-regulates with inspections of its breeders premises and kennelling.
All members are URGED to continue to lobby their Local Members and any Parliamentarian that they may have contact with that we, DOGS NSW, are breeders within an organisation whose Code of Ethics contains, in many cases, more stringent requirements than that which is contained in the DPI’s Animal Welfare Code of Practice. We have attached a list of contact email addresses for NSW Government Politicians. Please click here to view the full list of contact details.
If your local Member of Parliament is not on the previous list, please refer to the NSW Government website which lists all Members of Parliament by clicking here.
In addition, members concerns can be emailed to:-
The Hon Chris Minns, MP, NSW Leader Opposition ([email protected] or [email protected])
The Hon Mark Latham MLC ([email protected])
@dogsnsw
