Question reference: S6W-01892
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 27 July 2021
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Current status: Answered by Keith Brown on 12 August 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on reviewing whether provision should be made for a specific offence of theft of a pet.
Answer
The need for a review of the merits of a specific offence of pet theft is written into the recently enacted Animals and Wildlife (Penalties, Protections and Powers) (Scotland) Act 2020, to be completed no later than 1 st April 2025. It is the Scottish Government’s intention to review the issue of pet theft in due course as part of the wider review of animal health, welfare and wildlife legislation required by the Act.