Today the Pet Abduction Act 2024. came into force.  This act recognises that cats and dogs are sentient beings, capable of experiencing distress and other trauma. This has been the result of hard work by a dedicated group of campaigners getting the support of MPs.

Now that the distress of animals is recognised in law you can use this when you contact your own MP about fireworks. It is easy to  write to your MP. 

 As bad as theft is there are many more sentient beings (our pets) who are traumatised by the use of fireworks every year. If our pets now have  legislation to bring the full weight of the law to prosecute theft trauma surely the playing field should be level and fireworks prosecution should not rely solely on the Animal Welfare Act 2006 

Congratulations to Debbie Matthews and her team at Pet Theft Reform on this brilliant achievement.