Currently l am reviewing a piece of legislation backed by the RSPCA concerning the Regulation of animals for sale.

How do you feel about this sort of thing?

Please note that these are proposals that are being asked to be considered.

1] prohibiting the keeping for sale of mammals in shops
2] prohibiting the sale of mammals in shops

So you can basically see what these two suggestions alone would mean, yes?

This would mean that any mammal species, reptile species, amphibian species, avian species, aquatic species etc could not just be held in the shop but also could not even be sold from the shop.

So shops selling livestock would cease to exist instantly.

How would you feel about this?

Rory Matier
Pro Keepers Lobby

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Britain is a nation of pet lovers. I highly doubt they'd ban all pet shops selling animals somehow. There'd be a riot!

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reptiles are not mammals

Maybe reptiles are not mammals but if it is passed how long do you think it will be before all animals are banned.
Stephen.

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Would not worry mate, it also includes reptiles, just my error of not including them, so dont panic, dont want you to think reps have been left out

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In 1999 the RSPCA wrote to every council in the UK are stated: “we are opposed to the sale of animals from pet shops”. The document emerged during the Animal Welfare Bill, initially the RSPCA denied they had ever made such a statement until a copy of the letter was produced, amusingly with the signature at the bottom of the letter by the very person denying that such a letter had ever been written!

The RSPCA have been asked numerous times if they would wish to retract this position statement, but they have declined. In the latest version of the Policy Document, the RSPCA have strengthened there anti animal keeping stance by stating they are opposed to the breeding of wild animals as pets.

So the RSPCA want to un-do 4-5000 years of Human history? Probably alot more than that!

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There like the politically correct numptys mate they want to "CONTROL" every thing we say and do ,perhaps they should get a real job and leave us to enjoy our lives with what ever pets we desire ..

I may eat my words but.................I really cant see that happening, there would be uproar! there are too many mammal keepers in the uk, I expect a great deal of these mammals are brought from pet shops, such as rabbits, hamsters, mice, rets guinea pigs,gerbils and degus to name a few, then there are industrys replated to it such as food production, distribution and production of toys and foods etc, shop keepers and workers, vets and their associated staff all these would be out of work I expect they would not take that sitting down. then there is the general pet loving public mammals are one of the most diverse pet kept in the uk from your common dog to your more exotic squirrel monkey, i just cannot see them doing it were the public in all these sectors made aware then not only would they lose their support and reputation (well what most people think their reputation is) but they would also lose any influence they think they have.

TBH if we want to fight the banns they are trying to put in place this proposition is proberly the best thing they could ever do for us as it would pull everyone into the fight as the joe blogs next door who keeps a rabbit and wants to buy another would then be effected, its just our job then to make all these keepers or future keepers (the younger) aware of whats going on behind the scenes with facts and information translated into what can be understood.

To be honest, to me it seems to much for the general voting public to accept, or is it???

One thing i have noticed in the last 10 years under the labour government, is that they are very good at wording things to thier advantage, and if that doesnt work, they do it anyway, just look at the EU constitution!!!

What if this was supported by a campaign from the RSPCA banging on about how much of a problem it is for them involving live animals being sold through pet shops, and that it is in the best interest of the animals, and us as animal lovers to knock it on the head.

Is it really that unlikely to happen???

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