Not all pets are kept appropriately.
Politicians of the Greens from Bremen call for stricter rules for the purchase of dogs, cats and co.
There was a pet boom during the Corona * pandemic.
Green politicians want to
make it more difficult
to buy
dogs, cats and the like
.
Even those who
want to own
more than three
pets should
have to meet strict rules according to the proposal.
Bremen / Frankfurt -
Pets
are part of life for many people.
They are loyal companions and are often treated like family members.
But again and again the
animals are
rashly bought or given away.
During the corona pandemic, there was a real rush for animal shelters.
Again and again there are cases in which
dogs, cats and the like are
not kept in a species-appropriate manner.
The Bremen Greens now want to counteract this problem with a new proposal.
They want tougher
rules
for keeping pets.
Dogs, cats and Co.
should then no longer be freely available for sale, the politicians demand in a position paper, according to the
Weser courier
.
Keeping dogs, cats and Co. - "Animals are not things"
"Animals are not things and should therefore not be traded like these," said Philipp Bruck, Greens spokesman for animal policy.
The Bremen Greens therefore require a
pet driver's license
.
According to the proposal, only people who have such a driver's license
should be allowed to purchase
dogs
,
cats
,
guinea pigs
and other pets.
Again and again there are cases in which animals suffer from keeping or pet owners put their animals in danger.
Cars can become a death trap for dogs, especially in summer.
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"Animals are not things," says Philipp Bruck, Greens spokesman for animal policy.
The party demands stricter rules for the purchase of dogs, cats and co. In Bremen (symbol picture)
© H. Schmidt-Roeger / Imago
In order
to get
a
pet driver's license
, people should first have to take a theoretical and a practical test.
Only then should the acquisition of
animals be
allowed.
In addition, the Greens are calling for a nationwide positive list of animals that are suitable for private keeping and a ban on animal trade on the Internet and at trade fairs.
"Pets are often kept very responsibly and in a species-appropriate manner, but keeping them is not always beneficial for people and animals," says Philipp Bruck.
Dogs, cats, etc.: The number of pets per owner should be limited
The positive list should limit private animal husbandry to animal species that benefit from coexistence with humans.
These are
dogs, cats or horses,
for example
, but
by no means exotic animals, gerbils or monkeys.
Animals
that are not on the list should no longer be sold.
The number of animals should also be limited.
If you want to buy more than three animals, you have to provide further evidence.
domestic animal |
Number of animals in German households |
cat |
14.7 million |
dog |
10.1 million |
Small animals |
5.2 million |
Source: Industrieverband Heimtierbedarf (IVH) e. V. |
A positive list for animal species such as
dogs,
cats and co.
Is also supported by the German Animal Welfare Association.
“In many European countries there are negative lists that prohibit the keeping of certain animal species for animal or species protection reasons or to avert danger.
In Germany, too, nine federal states currently prohibit the keeping of certain animal species, ”says tierschutzbund.de.
"A
positive list
only with the animal species that are actually allowed to be kept would be much shorter and clearer," it continues.
Pet driver's license for dogs, cats and co. "Difficult to implement"
"The authorities could intervene faster and more efficiently, as they could more easily acquire specialist knowledge of the shorter list of permitted animal species and understand the regulations more easily," said the Tierschutzbund.
"We consider a positive list to be very useful," says Gaby Schwab, spokeswoman for the Bremen animal shelter for the
Weser-Kurier
.
A
pet driver's license
is theoretically a good thing, but difficult to implement in practice.
During the
corona pandemic
, there was apparently a pet boom in Germany.
Many animal shelters are as empty as never before and the pet supply chain Fressnapf is reporting record sales.
A new study suggests that dog owners have a higher risk of corona infection.
The results of the study are controversial,
experts consider
infection with corona from
dogs
* to be unlikely.
(Sarah Neumeyer with dpa)
* fnp.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
List of rubric lists: © H. Schmidt-Roeger / Imago
