Current status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 23 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review the need to licence sanctuaries and re-homing organisations as part of its review of the Animal Health and Welfare Act (Scotland) Act 2006.
The possible need for licensing and sanctuaries and rehoming agencies is being considered as part of an ongoing review of pet welfare. The Scottish Government has already held a number of meetings with stakeholders around that ongoing review; and will be looking at the need for regulation of sanctuaries and animal rehoming agencies. If the Scottish Ministers decide they need to be licensed, proposals will be brought forward in due course.