{"id":223,"date":"2019-09-16T16:46:16","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T15:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/?p=223"},"modified":"2020-04-08T23:08:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T22:08:30","slug":"kennel-club-urges-exhibitors-to-have-their-say-on-animal-exhibit-regulations-in-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/kennel-club-urges-exhibitors-to-have-their-say-on-animal-exhibit-regulations-in-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"KENNEL CLUB URGES EXHIBITORS TO HAVE THEIR SAY ON ANIMAL EXHIBIT REGULATIONS IN WALES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The newly proposed Regulations could impact on thousands of responsible dog owners pursuing their hobby in Wales<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\n Kennel Club is urging dog show exhibitors from across the UK to write \nto the Welsh Government to prevent thousands of people who show dogs in \nWales being caught in a newly proposed licensing system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\n Welsh Government is currently consulting on new Regulations regarding \nAnimal Exhibits, including the proposal that anyone exhibiting an animal\n in Wales will need to be licensed and inspected. This will apply not \nonly to those who live in Wales, but any exhibitor who shows dogs at any\n Welsh show. The Regulations will also require anyone who lives in Wales\n and exclusively exhibits their dogs outside of Wales to also obtain a \nlicence and be inspected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although\n those competing in canine activity disciplines are exempt, the proposed\n amendment to the Animal Welfare Act in Wales would affect a huge number\n of dog show exhibitors; there are around 200 local dog shows that take \nplace in Wales annually, as well as two major shows run by the Welsh \nKennel Club and the South Wales Kennel Association. The Welsh Kennel \nClub show attracts around 9,000 dogs.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seeking\n support from dog show exhibitors to exempt themselves from the \nlicensing system, the Kennel Club has drafted guidelines to assist those\n who would be affected and wish to respond to the consultation, which \ncloses on November 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holly\n Conway, Head of Public Affairs at the Kennel Club, said: \u201cThis proposal\n is a real concern for exhibitors who benefit so much from their hobby \nand canine companionship. It\u2019s nonsensical for these responsible dog \nowners to be licensed, and inspected, simply for continuing to pursue a \nhobby, and is a waste of valuable local authority time and resource. We \nsincerely hope the Welsh Government will listen to these concerns and \nconsider exempting those who take part in dog shows from the \nRegulations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\n urge anyone who shows dogs, regardless of whether or not they live in \nWales, to support us in preventing this proposal applying to dog show \nexhibitors by responding to the consultation and writing to their \nAssembly Member or indeed their MP or MSP.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further\n information and a template response for exhibitors to send to the Welsh\n Government to outline their concerns can be found on the Kennel Club \nwebsite at www.thekennelclub.org.uk\/welshcon<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The newly proposed Regulations could impact on thousands of responsible dog owners pursuing their hobby in Wales The Kennel Club is urging dog show exhibitors from across the UK to write to the Welsh Government to prevent thousands of people who show dogs in Wales being caught in a newly proposed licensing system. The Welsh … Continue reading KENNEL CLUB URGES EXHIBITORS TO HAVE THEIR SAY ON ANIMAL EXHIBIT REGULATIONS IN WALES<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224,"href":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions\/224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}