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Dogs: Smuggling

Asked by Mike AmesburyIndependentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 4 December 2024UIN 16791

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of pregnant dogs illegally smuggled into the UK in the last three years.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

By its very nature, robust data on the full extent of illegal pet smuggling is not readily available. Therefore, the number of pregnant dogs illegally smuggled into the UK is difficult to quantify accurately.

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