Animals (Regulation of Sale) Bill 2007

The AVA's position regarding the Bill is that regulation needs to occur across all pet sources including shelters, pounds, rescue organisations, breeders and pet shops. 

The AVA believes that this would be a preferred option to the outright banning of animals sold from pet shops. The submission has been based on five key arguments:

• 1. There is a lack of existing data to determine the real percentage of animals bought from pet shops that are surrendered and euthanased
• 2. If legal pet shop sales of mammals are banned, pet sales may be driven underground making it much more difficult to regulate
• 3. The animal welfare concerns that are raised regarding pet shop sales similarly exist among many sources of pet purchase.
• 4. The future of cross bred dogs and cats is at risk if mammal sales are restricted to registered breeders only
• 5. The number of animals euthanased each year are only a tiny percentage of the dogs and cats living successfully in family homes

To read the Animals (Regulation of Sale) Bill click here

The AVA's full submission regarding the Bill appears below.

• pet shops.pdf (319.37 KB)