Penrith MP, Dr Neil Hudson met with representatives for Blue Cross, the animal welfare charity, at an event in Westminster to discuss further long-term measures to ensure responsible dog ownership and curb dog attacks.

Dr Hudson is looking at a long-term holistic approach to dangerous dogs which incorporates boosting public awareness on ownership, ensuring responsible breeding, better training and socialising of puppies. 

Being discussed were a range of measures that included responsible dog ownership courses, beefing up enforcement of current breeding and control regulations and ways to tackle unscrupulous breeders, dealers and traders who prioritise profit over welfare.

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Dr Neil Hudson MP said: “I am working in Parliament to find long-term solutions to promote more responsible dog ownership across the nation and I thank Blue Cross for hosting an informative parliamentary meeting to bring the debate to MPs across the House.

“From unregulated canine fertility clinics and unscrupulous breeders, to animal mutilation and inhumane smuggling operations, it is clear we still face a host of challenges but I look forward to meeting these head on and finding holistic solutions to keep people and animals safe.”