Clare Balding referred to as for a “test” for anybody making an attempt to purchase a canine, in a bid to cease folks “feeding illegal markets”.
The TV presenter and creator of the recent e-book Isle of Dogs: A Canine Adventure by Britain was talking at Henley Literary Festival 2023, the annual occasion held in Henley-upon-Thames, Oxfordshire. The Independent is the unique information associate for the competition this 12 months.
Addressing the group, Balding complained of the shortage of regulation surrounding canine possession – and unethical profit-driven breeders who promote the animals with out adequate scrutiny of patrons.
“I do think we need more regulation – we need more understanding of who is owning dogs,” she mentioned. “And I do very much approve of a basic test.
“Because there’s this ever-growing market that doesn’t care, that just wants the money. That’s where legislation has to come in to block that, that channel being so easy. I don’t know whether it’s a case of, if you’re selling a dog, you have to have a license or if you’re buying a dog, you have to have a license. I’m not sure which is the better solution.”
Balding checked out a few of the unethical practices surrounding canine possession within the new Channel 5 sequence Live: Lost Dogs with Clare Balding.
“We have an awful lot of people who don’t necessarily know how to deal with dogs that might be frustrated or lacking in stimulation, people who basically don’t understand what owning a dog means. They may unfortunately have clicked a button and bought what they thought was a teddy bear,” she defined to the Henley viewers.
“And I say that genuinely. If you are clicking a button to buy a dog, you are feeding an illegal market,” she added. “You are not understanding the responsibility of dog ownership.”
In the speak, Balding additionally mentioned a few of her most well-known broadcasting gaffes, together with when she requested relay swimmer Matthew Richards about his “phenomenal third leg”.
Elsewhere at Henley this weekend, Little Britain star and youngsters’s creator David Walliams revealed that he had recently been locked up by Italian police, and “real-life Top Gun” fighter pilot Nathan Gray open up about losing his decorated instructor in a tragic 2002 accident.
Good Morning Britain star Rob Rinder offered his thoughts on the latest series of Strictly Come Dancing, and Captain Corelli’s Mandolin creator Louis de Bernieres offered his impression of Nicolas Cage’s experience on the 2002 film adaptation. Tennis coach and thriller novelist Judy Murray, in the meantime, rallied against the “elitist image” of the tennis system.
Henley Literary Festival continues till 8 October.
