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Councils: Do better for dogs

We need your local councillors to be champions for puppies and help make sure that breeding licences are properly enforced. 

#LicenceToProtect
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One million dogs are bought and sold in the UK every year - that’s one million reasons to make sure they are bred with care, compassion and proper oversight. By law, dog breeders* must be licensed by their local council.

This licence is supposed to guarantee that puppies get the best possible start in life. But a FOUR PAWS investigation has uncovered serious gaps in enforcement. Bad breeders are falling through the cracks, and its puppies that will pay the price.

Right now, too many licences are being handed out while inspection rates remain shockingly low. That’s not just a loophole: it’s a risk to animal welfare. Councils have the power to fix this - and they must.

Will you email your local councillors today and urge them to use their power to call for reforms within their council - and help make the dog breeding licence a true licence to protect?
We need councillors to lead the call for proper inspections, real accountability, and a system that genuinely safeguards animal welfare.
 
Let’s turn the licence back into what it was meant to be: a #LicenceToProtect.   

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*those that are breeding dogs as a business or those that have three or more litters in a 12-month period and selling them. 
 
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