Electric and Prong Collars: Ban

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs – in the Northern Ireland Assembly am 2:45 pm ar 17 Mehefin 2024.

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Photo of Steve Aiken Steve Aiken UUP 2:45, 17 Mehefin 2024

First, I apologise for not being in my seat when my question to the Minister of Justice was called. Secondly, as a person who looks after a dog — I am not a dog owner; I look after a dog, but it is very much my wife's dog — how do we define "unnecessary suffering" and how can this legislation be enforced? Without the definition and definitive act of banning the use of shock collars as soon as possible, how can we get away from the confusion in the law? Most people are confused about what the law is and how it will be applied.