Pet Care Trust launches manifesto for pets

The UK Pet Care Trust has unveiled its ten-point pet manifesto, calling on the next government to support responsible pet ownership and high standards of animal welfare. The manifesto includes the reclassification of veterinary medicines, introducing pets into public institutions such as prisons and the replacement of the pet shop licence with a duty on pet shop owners and managers to demonstrate competence in animal care. The Trust also calls on the next government to include the Animal Welfare Bill in the next parliamentary session to introduce a general duty of care.