Help needed for puppy fight

One of the most remarkable animal welfare groups I’ve come across is at risk of closure.

“We’ve run out of money with nothing on the horizon,” said Sue Davey of Welsh-based Cariad – it means “beloved” and stands for Care And Respect Includes All Dogs.

“It’s an unbearable thought, but we don’t know how much longer we can sustain it.”

Cariad was central to the Lucy’s Law campaign to end the horrors of mass puppy breeding.

Last month the Environment Secretary Michael Gove declared that the Government will introduce Lucy’s Law, banning the sale of puppies by pet shops and other third party dealers such as online traders.

Animal welfare is a devolved issue so the ban in England will not effect Wales, where there’s the largest concentration of puppy farmers in the UK.

“Securing Lucy’s Law in England was an historic achievement by grass roots campaigners and will be a great advance in ending the exploitation of puppy farm breeding dogs and their puppies,” said Cariad’s founder Linda Goodman.

“But with such a huge proportion of UK puppy farms located in Wales it is absolutely vital that we also secure Lucy’s Law here now. We have to make it impossible for Welsh puppy farmers and their dealers to sell puppies via pet shops and other dealers based outside England.” Several councils in Wales have called for Lucy’s Law to be introduced and it won cross-party support at an event in July sponsored by Assembly Members Eluned Morgan and Vikki Howells, but it’s not a done deal yet.

You can sign the Lucy’s Law for Wales petition on the Welsh Assembly website.

WORRY Cariad founder Linda Goodman