What assessment has the Minister made of how the welfare of a dog is affected when being trained with an e-collar?
Answered by Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd | Answered on 07/09/2022
Animals should be protected from pain, injury and distress. This is why we introduced the Animal Welfare (Electronic Collars) (Wales) Regulations 2010 to prevent the use of electronic training/impulse collars on dogs and cats. The regulations ban the use of any collar that is capable of administering an electric shock to a dog or cat and was based on scientific evidence and a full consultation.