Shaping dog breeder standards in Queensland

Have your say on the proposed legislation to regulate the large scale breeding of dogs in intensive breeding establishments.

The proposed legislation will bring to an end to the negative breeding and animal welfare practices that are common to puppy farms.

Puppy farming is large scale commercial breeding of dogs under conditions that do not meet the dogs’ behavioural, social and/or physiological needs. Operators of puppy farms put profit ahead of animal welfare.

The proposed legislation introduces a system of registration targeting intensive dog breeders and introduces a system of inspections against animal welfare standards.

Other proposed measures include:

• ways of assisting consumers to purchase puppies from registered breeders
• the adoption of mandatory standards for all dog breeders; and
• the expansion of existing dog micro-chipping requirements to improve animal welfare monitoring.

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• Shaping dog breeder standards in Queensland

  Have your say on the proposed legislation to regulate the breeding of dogs.

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