Put feline welfare on election agenda, urges cat charity
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Charity Cats Protection is calling for Britain’s next Parliament to legislate for air gun licensing in England and Wales as more than 200 pets suffered pellet wounds last year.
The organisation is urging Westminster candidates to back a five-year welfare agenda to improve the lives of 11 million cats.
Some 21,404 cats entered the UK in 2015 under the Pet Travel Scheme and CP wants enhanced border checks recorded on a national database to aid traceability.
The UK’s largest feline welfare charity stated: “Politicians from all parties can improve their lives immeasurably by tackling some of the charity’s 2022 Agenda priorities.
“While cats might seem less important than mainstream issues they are part of society and part of many family lives with nearly a quarter of UK households owning a cat.”
Some 202 cats were reported as being shot with an air gun last year. Cats Protection is calling for air gun licensing to be introduced in England and Wales, as it is already in Northern Ireland and Scotland, to prevent injury to or death of cats shot by such weapons.
The charity is also calling for animal welfare education to be included in the National Curriculum to help children learn about responsible pet care.
Cats Protection has called on all candidates to ask them to pledge support for its 10-point agenda.
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