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Barking mad: Dog owners whose pets are too thin or too fat face jail under new rules
Nicholas Cecil
DAILY MAIL
Tuesday, October 4, 2008
Dog owners whose pets are too thin or too fat, are fed from the table or are walked when it is hot risk being jailed for up to six months under new rules.
Environment Secretary Hilary Benn today published proposed new codes of conduct for dog, cat and horse owners.
But he immediately came under attack. Conservative agriculture spokesman Jim Paice said: “Some of these elements are over the top. This is not the sort of stuff we expected to be in the code.”
The dog code of conduct says they should not be taken for a walk when the weather is too hot.
Cat lovers have their own rules to follow and are urged to make sure, apart from advice on hygiene and diet, that the pet has a “secure place to hide”.
The guidelines for horses are based on the same principles.
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Breaching the three codes will not in itself be a crime. But it could prove to be the deciding factor in whether an individual is found guilty in court of a pet welfare offence – which carries a maximum jail sentence of six months or a fine of up to £20,000.
But Mr Benn defended the guidelines which he said he said are meant to remind pet owners of the law under the Animal Welfare Act 2006.
Launching the eight-week consultation, Mr Benn said: “The Animal Welfare Act has been the most important piece of animal legislation for nearly a century.
“Animals are now afforded greater protection than ever before. These new codes of practice will outline the responsibilities of owners under the Act and give practical advice on how to fulfil them. This means no one will be able to claim ignorance as an excuse.”
The guidelines cover the environment for animals, diet, the company they enjoy, ensuring they exhibit normal behaviour patterns, as well as health and welfare issues.
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18 Responses to “Barking mad: Dog owners whose pets are too thin or too fat face jail under new rules”
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November 4th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
While the principle of it is admirable, but jailing offenders is taking waay too far. Who decides when it is too hot? The owner or the government? Who decides if a pet’s diet is not adequate? Any pet food sold in stores is certified as completely meeting a pet’s needs before being sold. Company??? Where does that come in? Pets want their owner’s company, duh!!
November 4th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
What a bunch of nut cases! What is might very well do is make decent, loving people afraid to own pets, and many more will end up in shelters. Here is wishing some day these nutjobs have to face their own stupidity.
November 4th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
the world is now officially up side down
November 4th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
it seems that the USA always follows england’s stupid laws, i guess that will come to america next !!!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7vb1ZtmMIE
goldieshouse.piczo.com
November 4th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Hey Euro dip shits listen to this scenario…
So’s I’m eating Maine lobster with freshly melted butter and a tenderloin prime cut steak two inches thick med rare. I’ve got corn on the cob and home made bread that smells wonderful. My wife and I are finished eating, I couldn’t eat another bite but there is 2 ounces of filet minon left on the plate. So I cut it up into small pieces and mix it with a cup of Purina One dog food and give it to my loving, happy Golden Retriever named Max. The next day the dog police knock on my door…arrest me and throw me in jail, fine me 10,000 and put a lean on my house because I can’t pay the fine.
Nice going Euro’s…just stay on your side of the fucking pond, and we don’t want to hear anymore of your screwed up laws
November 4th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
What the hell, but it is okay to go over to another country and bomb the heck out of it killing a million people.
November 4th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Fat is beautiful!! That’s what I’ve been told!!
November 4th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m3wzTULrWQ
November 5th, 2008 at 12:47 am
Wow, it seems like everyday we hear of some new (and totally ridiculous) laws being thrust upon the Brits. I’m not going to be the least bit surprised when it’s announced that logs will have to be kept concerning bathroom visits and that samples of each journey to the toilet will need to be kept and sent in on a weekly basis. Seriously, what’s next and where does it end?
November 5th, 2008 at 1:39 am
ROFLOL….oh wow this is to much.
Does this include bluetick hunting dogs?
How about some great hunting beagles that smell like skunk right now and are sleeping under the porch because they hate to come indoors.
Guess this is for the city dogs. ROFLOL
November 5th, 2008 at 2:28 am
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
But now, thanks to Environment Secretary Hilary Benn, Dogs and Cat shall be able to rule over their masters… what a bunch of ungodly ppl….
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November 5th, 2008 at 2:53 am
So if it is a hot day (too hot) then we will have to explain to our dogs that they can’t go out and they must shit in the toilet – not everyone has a garden or back yard.
However, if it is a hot day then humans working outdoors must continue with their work in a diligent fashion.
Oh, to be a dog! – or a cat so I can hide from these lunatics.
These lunatic acts of legislation have only one purpose – to destroy the mental health of the nation. The drip drip has become a flood
November 5th, 2008 at 8:06 am
What if I have a pet monkey and it’s naughty and I have to spank it in public… will I get in trouble for that?
I’m all for animal welfare and the like, but I suspect this is more like micro-managing control freakism.
November 5th, 2008 at 9:59 am
This is NOT FOR ANIMALS! Its another excuse to get big brother in your business. Stop drinking the fluoride infested Kool-Aid.
November 5th, 2008 at 10:04 am
These silly laws will be enforced, until the people who come around to enforce them get lead in their face travleing at at least 1,300 ft. per second. This pet law shit is one more way to allow the police to enter your property. They hear someone has a dog that needs assistance and they come around and start asking questions. People claim they will confront the New World Order had better be putitng guns in the faces of these cocksuckers first.
I’ve noticed on television those obese ASPCA people. Has anyone noticed that one fat bitch from Houston I believe she is from. She’s 100 lbs. overweight.
November 5th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Hilary Benn is the son of Tony Benn, Britain’s most famour ‘deep cover’ establishment agent. Tony Benn, an ultra-right psychopath toff, has spent his entire career pretending to the sheep to be a left-wing ‘man of the people’. It was he who gave plutonium to the Israelis when he was a minister in the British government.
Tony Benn has always taken a lead position in significant ‘left wing’ progressive movements, so that he could constantly direct them harmlessly into the dustbin of history. More recently, his apprentice, George Galloway, took the command and control position of Britain’s so called anti-war party after Blair’s invasion of Iraq, to ensure that no anti-war party had significant representation at the general election that followed. Galloway ensured that anti-war activity was portrayed as a ‘radical’ ‘muslim’ cause to eliminate support amongst ordinary people.
Understand this. Since the rise of voting rights for ordinary brits, the establishment has targeted all movements of the ordinary voter for infiltration and control from a leadership position. Genuine leaders have been crucified in the establishment controlled media, or just murdered (see Blair’s predecessor).
January 20th, 2009 at 11:24 am
this is ridiculos.These assholes cares more about animals than humans.I have a dog and i love him but he’s a dog.How about we take care of peuple first?
January 26th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
20 grand or 6 months inside, fuck i could get pissed, kill someone in my car and not get fined that amount or spend that time in prison.