Know your pet
Under the new Animal Welfare Act, which came into force at the end of March 2007, anyone who is responsible for a pet has a legal responsibility to meet the five basic welfare needs of pets. These are:

	a proper diet, including fresh water
	somewhere suitable to live
	any need to be housed with or apart from, other animals
	allowing animals to express normal behaviour
	protect from and treatment of, illness and injury.
Visit the Animal Welfare Act advice pages for answers to a variety of tricky problems - including what to do if your cat gets stuck up a tree, help on finding a lost pet, reporting animal cruelty and more.   Enter your search terms Submit search form