New minimum standards have been launched today for websites offering pets for sale. They have been developed to improve the welfare of the pets and to protect members of the public from the risk of ending up with sick, dangerous or even illegal animals. The standards have also been endorsed by Defra, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Lord de Mauley, the Minister for Animal Welfare, who gathered the leading online pet classified websites together today to discuss the need for urgent improvement. Some of the worst online ‘pet’ adverts include: • Puppy offered for swap with a mobile phone • Arctic fox for sale • Very rare Zonkey (Zebra x Donkey) for sale • Six week old Staffie puppy – a puppy shouldn’t be separated from its mother until it is a minimum of eight weeks old • Male skunk for sale • 4 Marmoset monkeys • Pitbull puppy for sale – Pitbulls are illegal to sell in the UK • A cat for sale in need of severe veterinary treatment due to a badly damaged eye • An advert offering a ladies watch in exchange for a tortoise • Golden Retriever wanted for swap with a Chihuahua
Posted on: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:11:02 +0000
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