Question follow-through · 46493

Cats: Animal Breeding

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to ban deliberate breeding of domestic cats with non-domestic felid species.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
17 Apr 2025
Target answer date
23 Apr 2025
Answer
25 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to ban deliberate breeding of domestic cats with non-domestic felid species.

  2. 23 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 25 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The Government welcomes the Animal Welfare Committee’s Opinion on the welfare implications of current and emergent feline breeding practices. We are carefully considering the Committee’s recommendations.

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