This bill creates criminal offences for unlawfully taking or detaining dogs and cats in England and Northern Ireland, with sentences up to 5 years imprisonment.
A Bill to create offences of dog abduction and cat abduction and to confer a power to make corresponding provision relating to the abduction of other animals commonly kept as pets.
Status: Act of Parliament
Current House: Unassigned
Stage: Royal Assent
Sponsored by: Anna Firth, Lord Black of Brentwood
Introduced: 2023-12-06
Royal Assent: 2024-05-24