02 November 2023
Latimer Cattery was given an on-the-spot suspension discover after an unannounced inspection by North Northamptonshire Council, accompanied by the RSPCA, earlier this 12 months.
Following the suspension interval, the licence was revoked by North Northamptonshire Council.
Cats had been discovered being stored in cramped circumstances at North Avenue, Burton Latimer within the cattery and within the adjoining home, the place they had been discovered in the downstairs bathroom, the spare bed room and in small crates stacked on high of each other within the workplace.
There was nowhere for the crated cats to train, conceal, climb or bounce to and the litter trays within the crates had been too near the place the cats slept.
Cats had been additionally discovered being boarded within the storage space and hall of the cattery, and one licensed pen was overcrowded, being solely appropriate for one cat however housing two.
There was poor air flow, publicity to unhealthy and unsafe environments and cats had been being stored inside the similar lodging as different cats who they didn’t know and from a distinct family, with no sneeze screens between them and nowhere to cover away.
The unlicensed areas of the cattery and the home at North Avenue, Burton Latimer didn’t adjust to the circumstances required for the boarding of cats, and 4 of the 5 welfare wants as said within the Animal Welfare Act 2006 of the cats weren’t being met:
- want for an appropriate setting.
- want to have the ability to exhibit regular behaviour patterns.
- have to be housed with, or aside, from different animals.
- have to be shielded from ache, struggling, harm, and illness.
It is the Council’s function to make sure that all licensed animal boarding institutions and licence holders adjust to the required licensing and animal welfare requirements and to take proportionate and acceptable motion the place contraventions are noticed to make sure that the required requirements are met. This gives a degree enjoying subject for all licenced animal boarders within the space and ensures that each one boarding is topic to the identical strict licensing standards to safeguard the well being and wellbeing of the animals.Councillor David Brackenbury, Executive Member for Growth and Regeneration (which incorporates premises licensing)
The problem of animal welfare is of paramount significance to us because the Licensing Authority, and we guarantee all premises that have to be licensed meet the required requirements, as set out within the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018. The cats had been examined by an RSPCA Inspector and located to be in good well being regardless of being stored in unsuitable circumstances. This strikes me as lucky, quite than by design.Jason Smithers, Leader of North Northamptonshire Council
Latimer Cattery was given an on-the-spot suspension discover after an unannounced inspection by officers from North Northamptonshire Council accompanied by the RSPCA in July 2023. Following the suspension interval, the licence was revoked by North Northamptonshire Council in September this 12 months.
