Written question WQ86274
- Asked by
- Altaf HussainConservative
- To be answered by
- Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 8 days
Question
Why did the Welsh Government's 2015 review of the ban on e-collars not include an assessment of the potential impact on the numbers of dogs in rescue shelters?
Answer
Answered by Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
The scope of the 2015 review was to provide the Welsh Government with an impartial literature review and an analysis of the science available on the use of electronic collars that provide a static impulse or shock. The review considered the potential benefits and efficacy of electric collars against animal welfare concerns in order to reach conclusions about whether the benefits outweighed the animal welfare costs.