Kittens being sold in pet shops

kado · 14-09-2009, 12:08 AM

I have heard today of kittens being sold aged 3-4wks in a market. The stall holder has a leisence but its way too young too be sold. Are you allowed to sell kittens at such a young age and is it ilegal as well.

MadCatLady · 14-09-2009, 05:03 PM

Unfortunately there are no laws about selling almost any animals in Britain.... Although I am not a fan of the RSCPA they do have legal rites to go in and remove animals they deem unfit for sale etc.... however what happens to the animals once in the keeping of the RSPCA is another matter... report it to another local rescue they maybe able to help...?

Midnight · 14-09-2009, 09:39 PM

OMG!

How cruel to seperate them from mum so early, they're supposed to be seperated at 8 weeks onwards..

poor kitties.

Elaine · 14-09-2009, 09:48 PM

Report it to the local licensing authority.

kado · 14-09-2009, 10:07 PM

I did find about it on another forum which i wont name. The stall holder always has cats in at this age. One was brought bit sadly he died after only a short while.

SageCat · 14-09-2009, 11:13 PM

I go along with what Elaine has advised and go down the local authority/Trading Standards route.

jan · 15-09-2009, 07:00 PM

Oh my gosh I am horrified to hear this. Even six weeks is fairly young to leave Mum and they tend to be weaned by then. Its disgusting. Have you reported it Jane ? Jan x

moonstone · 19-09-2009, 10:24 PM

How awful

these kittens are far too young to be away from their mum let alone sold on a market stall

I would contact CPL maybe they will be able to stop them being sold at such a very young age

It,s very likely that most of them will be condemed to an early death

as they really need to still be feeding on mum

pcspik · 19-09-2009, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by moonstone

I would contact CPL maybe they will be able to stop them being sold at such a very young age

The Cats Protection would not have any legal powers to do so. All they can do is talk to the owner in order to sign them over (provided they have room) so at least they can have a better start in life. But more than likely the petshop owner is seeing ££ rather than the welfare of the animals concerned. So if the pet shop owner tells the Cats Protection to get lost then there is nothing they can do.

Tbh it is a job for the RSPCA (and RSPCA are the only people who would have the legal power to snatch them away) but whether they could be bothered is another thing together.

The only other option is to contact the council concerned, specifically their Public Health department, as all Pet Shops (and the same goes for catteries, dog boarding kennels and riding schools) have to have a licence which is renewed annually. If they find serious breaches in how the shop is run, then the licence will be revoked. That means they will be effectively be shut down and the kittens (or indeed any other animals living there) cannot be sold.

dandysmom · 19-09-2009, 11:41 PM

That sounds like very good and helpful info, pcspik! Thanks for posting it.

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