Knowsley Council in Merseyside has banned the giving of live animals as prizes at events held on local authority land. The council has called on central government to introduce a nationwide ban on the practice.
A Merseyside council has banned the giving of live animals as prizes at events held on local authority land. Knowsley Council agreed the ban at a meeting last week and have now called on central government to introduce a nationwide ban on the practice of giving 'pets as prizes'.
Furthermore, the charity has also called on the UK and Welsh governments to follow Scotland's lead and ban the practice outright. In England and Wales, current legislation stipulates it is only illegal to give pets to children under the age of 16 if they are unaccompanied by an adult.
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