questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of banning the use of electric shock collars on animals.
answerText: Following a 2018 consultation, the Government committed to banning the use of hand-controlled electric shock collars (e-collars) on cats and dogs, given their scope to cause harm to these animals. This was reiterated in Defra’s 2021 Action Plan for Animal...
heading: Animal Welfare: Electronic Training Aids