It is 100 yrs since our Irish animals were given rights. This outdated legislation has given Ireland a national animal crisis.
1. Ban fur farming in Ireland.
2. Ban animal act circuses.
3. Remove the ‘vermin’ status of cats.
4. Enact proper tougher fines and with lengthy jail sentences to deter animal abuse.
5. Legislate to enact a ‘kindness towards animals’ in the school curriculum.
6. Strengthen the ‘duty of care’ in line with the five freedoms.
7. Ensure the ‘Enabling Act’ goes ahead in the new welfare bill.
8. Ban tail docking in dogs.
9. Bring in new legislation to protect exotic animals.
10. Bring in a spay and neuter programme to bring down the homeless and abandoned problem for dogs and cats.
Minster of Agriculture: Simon Coveney
Department of Agriculture, Marine & Food, Agriculture House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Telephone: 01-6763925
simon.coveney@oir.ie