Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01640 · Session 5

Action against irresponsible dog breeding

Closed Submitted 1 Feb 2017 Environment & Energy
Signatures
0
936 online signatures with a country
Comments
127
Considered
5 meetings
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to investigate what actions it can take to address the farming and illegal transportation of puppies.

What the petitioner did first

Formed a pressure group to bring together the relevant agencies to discuss the problem and how it can be addressed. These agencies include the SSPCA, ferry companies, Police Scotland, Port Authorities, Trading Standards, Scottish Government Vet, MSPs, MP and the same relevant appropriate agencies in Northern Ireland. Representatives have been meeting regularly to look at the way forward and to be updated on Operation Delphin.

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 11 May 2017
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petitions
    1 mention
  2. 21 Sep 2017
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention
  3. 22 Mar 2018
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    3 mentions
  4. 26 Apr 2018
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention
  5. 7 Mar 2019
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention

Signatures by country

936 online signatures
  1. Scotland529 56.5%
  2. England186 19.9%
  3. United Kingdom164 17.5%
  4. Wales21 2.2%
  5. Northern Ireland14 1.5%
  6. Ireland7 0.7%
  7. United States3 0.3%
  8. Spain3 0.3%
  9. Denmark2 0.2%
  10. Indonesia1 0.1%
  11. 6 other countries6 0.6%

Comments

127 comments, oldest first
127 comments · showing 1–50
  1. Debra Dorrans 10 Feb 2017
    Dogs are domesticated animals who have the right to a warm and safe place to sleep, good food and clean drinking water. They also, very importantly require the companionship of a human as they are very social animals and to treat them in this manner is just inhumane and uncivilised. I would call upon the Scottish government to outlaw this barbaric practice right away. Please do the right thing.
  2. Wendy Addison 10 Feb 2017
    Puppies for profit is a disgusting and immoral concept. Breeding bitches who live in small spaces to produce puppies which are taken away and then the poor things are impregnated again.The shelters are full of unwanted dogs, mistreated dogs, starving dogs, injured dogs, abandoned dogs, etc.etc. Go to a shelter or a pound if you want a dog, or buy from a reputable breeder.
  3. Janet Smith 10 Feb 2017
    I contacted DEFRA in London about three weeks ago regarding my fears about the number of dogs coming in from Eastern Europe and would have been just as well talking to one of my wee dogs. I said that the requirement for quarantine should never have been abolished. We had a natural barrier being an island. The six months could have been reduced to say, two. I do not trust pets passports as I know someone who informed me he bought one from a vet in France when he brought his dog through from Kuwait
    - a country which has rabies. also said that there should be more stringent checks done as pups are being brought in in the boots of cars. These unscrupulous people do not or are not interested in the danger they are putting all our family pets in. DEFRA did not appear to be interested in anything I had to say.
  4. Y Ross 10 Feb 2017
    We need controls. Place to protect dogs and puppies and indeed ourselves, puppy farmers produce sickly puppies and if anything comes fro abroad to them and is not vaccinated it could be lethal
  5. Agnes Lawson 10 Feb 2017
    Show the rest of the UK&I the way in stopping puppy farming and removing the abusers of their financial I'll gotten gains to pay for the rescue of these animals.
  6. P Squire 10 Feb 2017
    I support this petition because I think we need to do more to protect animals.
  7. Jeanette bradbury 11 Feb 2017
    This must be stopped right now do something for God sake
  8. Nikki Harvey 11 Feb 2017
    Please stop theses cruel greedy people
  9. Carol Graham 11 Feb 2017
    Ban and lock up these illegal puppy farmers
  10. GERRY MULROY 11 Feb 2017
    Ban the import of dogs under the age of six months to the UK . Compulsory microchip with the breeders unique number checkable on a national register . Make it an offence to publish an ad ANYWHERE without the the breeders unique number .
  11. Dawn McKeith 11 Feb 2017
    Support this petition fully
  12. Lizzi 15 Feb 2017
    Stop puppy farms please
  13. Linda Duncan 15 Feb 2017
    Make internet sites responsible for paying substantial tax on adverts selling pups or ban them altogether
  14. Maria Madigan 15 Feb 2017
    Puppies should be nurtured and given the best start in life not torn from their mothers at a young age, unsocialised and uncared for, and their mothers bred from relentlessly.
  15. Janette Wales 16 Feb 2017
    Thos has been allowed to go on for far to long something should be done at government level. Bring out a law that stops this illegal and often cruel practice which is done only for greed. Chip every animal with breeders name as well as next owner that way it would be easier to trsce these people.
  16. Kathleen Baptie 16 Feb 2017
    Stop this vile practice now. Lock up the perpetrators.
  17. Gillian Kirkpatrick 16 Feb 2017
    Puppy farming needs to stop, it is extremely cruel, produces very sick puppies and adds to the amount of unwanted dogs abandoned. Ban imports under 6 months and have full tracability through microchip from the breeders.
  18. Susan Burns 16 Feb 2017
    Breeding should be conducted in a responsible manner by those who have the animals best interests at heart, not the interest of their wallet or allowing litters through irresponsible ownership and failure to neuter. Animal ownership should be a privilege not a right and should have appropriate protections to prevent farming of canines. Further, backstreet breeding and crossing of breeds does nothing but introduce undesirable traits into one animal. Crossing dogs with little knowledge of breed traits is asking for trouble both in the animals mental health and physical issues. Pups should be homes with homechecks, vet and vaccination certificates and full breeder back up. If breeders were as responsible as most rescues we would not require nearly as many rescue spaces.
  19. Jane Cox 16 Feb 2017
    It's about time animals were treated with respect. The Scottish government should lead the way and ensure protection for these dogs and puppies.
  20. Anne Arkless 16 Feb 2017
    I hope something else can be done to stop these greedy cruel people.
  21. Maggie Marshall 17 Feb 2017
    These dogs are not even afforded the same welfare standards as farm animals. Greedy profiteers are ONLY in it for the money and do not concern themselves with health and welfare.
  22. Nadia Soto de Gray 17 Feb 2017
    I hope the cruelty stop
  23. Katie 17 Feb 2017
    This horrible abuse must stop.
  24. Liz Shaw 17 Feb 2017
    This is not a new problem, it needs to be addressed, come down hard on the ones caught. Its cruelty of the most vulnerable
    - it needs to stop.
  25. Ian Moorhouse 18 Feb 2017
    All for this group and it's cause! If it help stop these so called puppy farm and breeders that don't no enough to breed these dogs!
  26. Maria McGuinness 18 Feb 2017
    Hope this has hodd results as something is finally done for theses innocents.
  27. Helen Phillips 18 Feb 2017
    When will the local councils realise dogs are companion animals and should never be 'farmed' but should be kept with human company as pets. Breeding without regard to living conditions or health including mental needs is utterly inhumane.
  28. gwen jarman 19 Feb 2017
    too many puppy farms, poor dogs being over bred all for greedy breeders that dont give a toss about the dogs welfare
  29. Sue WATSON 19 Feb 2017
    The current situation for dogs and puppies in the UK has become deplorable. It is a free for all for anyone who wants to breed puppies simply to make money. There are no concerns for the puppies welfare, nor for the breeding dogs. There are no standards in place to make sure that only sound, healthy, well adjusted puppies are bred from sound, healthy, well adjusted dogs by people who are regulated and have only the best interests of the dogs and puppies at heart. At the moment dogs and puppies in the UK are seen as an income by many unscrupulous people.
  30. Lisa eland 19 Feb 2017
    These are living frightened souls for God's sake, do the RIGHT thing
  31. Lesley Jones 20 Feb 2017
    This is cruel and barbaric, animals are living breathing creatures that deserve love and respect, they are not money boxes.
  32. Gaynor Mountford 20 Feb 2017
    well what can you say to the scum which breed and breed these poor animals , when will someone say enough is enough , my heart is broken every time i see a broken dog which only wants to give love to us ,
  33. Jac 20 Feb 2017
    Absolutely NOT acceptable in a civilised society. No thought for the welfare of the animals but all about making money. Needs to be stopped dead once and for all and if ignored then very harsh penalties put in place to deter others trying to make a quick buck out of misery.
  34. Susan hunter 20 Feb 2017
    We live in a world where dog rescue organisations & charities are busting at the seams with rescue's looking for homes. To breed dogs in disgusting conditions is wrong & these facilities need shut down as they are no more than jails for dogs who havery done nothing wrong.
  35. Wayne Easton 20 Feb 2017
    More action needs to be taken against persons that breed for profit alone and don't care about the welbring of the animals concerned. A slap on the wrist does not change behaviours. Nor do paltry fines.
  36. Carol Parkes 20 Feb 2017
    For the sake of all these abused animals, please do the right thing now.
  37. shona farquhar 20 Feb 2017
    i think this is awful, puppy farms really make me angree the state some puppies and their mums are having to live in, its all about money as usual not the well being of the animals. MONEY GRABBING.
  38. Averill Ross 20 Feb 2017
    It's cruel to use the dogs as a means of cash. Many of them have a litter every year until they can hardly walk. Conditions that they are kept in are hurrendous too .
  39. Joanna Beckley 20 Feb 2017
    I really hope this greed stops- lives do not equal money. Shame on them
  40. Louise mcgregor 20 Feb 2017
    This needs to STOP !
  41. S Skinner 20 Feb 2017
    Animals are suffering for human greed and that is totally unacceptable.
  42. Tracy Feeney 21 Feb 2017
    We need to stop this trade, the poor dogs where these puppies come from are literally bred to death...
  43. Maria McGuinness 21 Feb 2017
    Come ob Scottish Government. Somethjng must be done fgr these innocents.
  44. Mark Robertson 21 Feb 2017
    Time to get this problem sorted
  45. Debra Dorrans 21 Feb 2017
    Please do what you can to stop this vile practice
  46. Gillian S 21 Feb 2017
    Puppy farming flies in the face of animal welfare. Inscrupulous breeders cause endless suffering to dogs and puppies, many of whom have short, horrifying, pain filled lives. Please do not allow puppy farms to operate in Scotland.
  47. Elizabeth Gibson 22 Feb 2017
    These farms need to be stopped. These people are only in this business to make as much money as possible and to hell with the consequences. These poor animals cannot be allowed to suffer any more. Please do something about this a.s.a.p.,
  48. Muriel Johnstone 22 Feb 2017
    There are enough dogs in Scotland needing homes, you only need to visit rescue centres to see them along with the volume euthanised daily. Breeding for profit is cruel, unnecessary and down right irresponsible.
  49. Yvonne Molinari 23 Feb 2017
    Please stop the puppy farms
  50. Ann Kelly 23 Feb 2017
    Dogs are domesticated pets ...not baby making machines!!! All of these farms should be closed down asap...