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Steve


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Might be worth keeping an eye on the Exec's news section today to flesh out a bit more of detail? Maybe something in here which might help GAL - you never know.
 
 
 
Cruelty bill to ban animal prizes






Starving puppy
A puppy found starved outside a restaurantA major new bill is promising to ban giving animals as prizes in competitions and to raise the age when children can buy pets.

The draft proposals, which will be announced by Rural Development Minister Ross Finnie, are part of a raft of measures to halt cruelty to animals.

The current legislation only kicks in when obvious suffering is evident.

Mr Finnie wants the law to be more robust and to allow the authorities to act before cruelty intensifies.

Under the changes being proposed, reports of neglect may be enough to take animals into care.

The executive has said that a lot of the legislation on animal health and welfare is outdated.

Age increase

It believes there should be a serious crackdown on suffering among both domestic pets and farm animals.

Currently, the age at which a child can buy a pet is 12. The draft bill will suggest that the age should be increased to 16.

It is hoped a new law will stop cases like the alligator who was found in the boot of a car and the puppy left to die outside a restaurant.

Anthony Quinn, 34, of Leith, pleaded guilty last December at Edinburgh Sheriff Court for keeping an alligator.

He had been trying to sell the 4ft reptile after buying it over the internet before realising he could not care for it.

In September last year animal welfare officers were horrified to find a starved puppy outside a restaurant in Garelochhead.

The dog had been so badly treated that it had to be put down by vets after a member of the public contacted the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA).



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Here's the news release - wonder how the section on animals suffering might apply to the racing industry????


http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2005/05/16103408



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thanks for the post Steve, very interesting, guess it's a step in the right direction and hopefully the SSPCA will use their new powers (assuming the Bill is passed) to their full extent. Personal opinion is I still don't think it's far enough and I do still think it's all very vague as seems to be the case for all animal welfare legislation...

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What a shame this Bill, if it's passed, is too late to save the puppy in the picture. His frightened little eye peeping out of his emaciated body will haunt me for a long time...


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