Dogs: Imports
Commons · Question 6307 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Cat Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ban the import of dogs with cropped ears.
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 16 Oct 2024
Ear cropping has rightly been banned in the UK for over 15 years. Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, it is an offence in England and Wales to carry out a non-exempted mutilation e.g., where a surgical procedure is not carried out for medical purposes, suc...