cjk
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Post by cjk on Feb 28, 2007 11:59:17 GMT
I think this wold be a SUPERB idea
not jsut for cats n dogs, but for all sorts of pets.
It is all too easy to walk into a pet shop and buy a rabbit etc, they dont ask questions about if you know how to feed it etc.
It might help stop all the BYB too
ANd i think selling of kittens and puppies should be banned fom pet shops too. I was appalled when I moved up north here to find pet shops still selling them! I havent seen one down south in YEARS that does.
Am all for pet licesnsin!
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Post by Chris - Cats Protection on Mar 1, 2007 12:29:35 GMT
I get so many calls from people who buy kittens and really they have just gone into a pet shop, saw them there, got the Aww feeling and bought them without thinking exactly what having a kitten really means. Now the same must go for other animals too, a puppy is very hard work, and rabbits etc., need to be cleaned out every day, no one really thinks hard about these issues. Also they dont consider the life span of these animals, maybe children could be educated in schools about animal husbandary and learn before reaching the age of dropping by a pet shop. I dont know the answer, I just know I am sick of clearing up the mess afterwards. Recently I found a pet shop selling pedigree cats and dogs, now that really shocked me, I didnt think that even up here in the North this would ever be seen, but it is...
Chris x
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Post by susan on Mar 1, 2007 21:12:12 GMT
Honestly, it wouldn't bother me one bit if i had to pay for a licence. I think it's a great idea because people need to be responsible when it comes to animals of any kind and realise that their for life.
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Post by cjk on Mar 6, 2007 7:15:32 GMT
I cant believe there was a pet shop selling pedigrees!!!
well, i can, not calling you a lair, but you know what I mean.
Goodness knows what sort of breeder would sell their pedigrees to a pet shop! It's shocking isnt it.
I think any decent person with nothing to hide would not object to obtaning a pet license.
apparanty with regards to sellilng of puppies n kittens in pet shops, it's down to the local council. There is no law about it, but the local council can make a byelaw or something and bann the selling of them in pet shops within their area.
So if you want to see it stopped you have to petition the local council, something I was thiking of looking into
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Post by Chris - Cats Protection on Mar 6, 2007 9:34:28 GMT
Believe me I have spoken to the local council, but sadly its a long process to get criteria changed. However, hope is on the horizon, as Blyth Council have now introduced measures that make it almost impossible for Pet shops in the area, to adequately house animals in shops, so hopefully, North Tyneside and Newcastle will follow suit. Next month should see the introduction of the new Animal Welfare Bill, and that hopefully will create more awareness of the problems.
Chris
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Post by susan on Mar 6, 2007 22:01:59 GMT
Blyth Valley is my area so that's good to hear. Like you say if they do it then the others will follow.
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Post by fyona on Mar 6, 2007 22:06:40 GMT
im blyth valley too but i was a little disapointed when i saw rabbits in a new pet shop at cramlington, there was even a large house rabbit, they were lovely and clean but children were all saying can i have one, i had a rabbit and believe me it was harder work than both my cats, it must have done 101 dottles a day so every day i had to clean it out.
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Post by angie on Mar 6, 2007 23:05:38 GMT
Yes, pet licensing should be introduced then it may make potential owners think before they get a pet. It would also help to deter breeders selling to pet shops. My only concern is how would it be policed for it to be 100 per cent effective? They could do a licence system similar to when you buy a new television set and all information is stored on a national database. What do you think?
Angie
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Post by Chris - Cats Protection on Mar 7, 2007 0:35:10 GMT
Yes that sounds good to me, and wouldnt it be brill if it could be linked to compulsary micro chipping... at least for larger animals. such as cats and dogs
Chris
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Post by cheryl on Jun 9, 2007 21:52:08 GMT
if a pet licence came into force i'd have no bother paying for one, I just wonder how they would enforce it And it's pointless having it at a silly low price like the dog licence used to be......37p i believe that was . My dad owned a dog then and was the only person i knew with the licence.. As for pet shops seling cats well i have bought my last 3 cats from pet shops but they have never been an impulse buy.. and they have aways been taken for vet check in the 1st week , dewormed,anti flea treatment and spayed at 6 months of age.. OK that does not help at all in stopping people breeding just to get £5-£10 from the pet shop ... I can't see how they think they are making money from that as if they were giving the pregnant then nursing queen the correct amount of extra food she needs then adding onto that the kitten food when 1st weened it must come to quite a bit of money spent I've often had people say i should allow my girls 1 litter before spaying them but no way.......
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Post by susan on Jun 9, 2007 23:08:28 GMT
I've often had people say i should allow my girls 1 litter before spaying them but no way....... I bought Rosie from a pet shop i'm ashamed to say, but no shelters had any kittens Ths shop owner said "Let her have one litter, then bring them to me and i'll buy them off you". She must have thought i had stupid stamped on my forehead!!
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Post by emma on Jun 21, 2007 8:01:22 GMT
Who would enforce pet licensing and how would it be enforced? What would happen to pets who were not licensed - would they be removed and where would they go? The rescues are already full. I feel licensing is not the answer.
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