taylor v 109
Mama Doe
Today i had a phone call from trading standards, about my complaint concerning pets at home letting rabbits breeding in the shop because they carnt be bothered to stop them jumping over the partition. The man that rung was very nice and was concerened about this matter, he said they have many complaints about p at h, but they cannot do much about it ie: take them to court as they never have and hard evidence to back it up. He then said he would be paying them a visit about the complaint i made and recamend that they stop it happining again. He did explain to me that in the future what they need is evidence to back up a claim, this will be hard to get as it invloves i believe trapping them. If u go in and see a rabbit that is not well and has been left untreated for a length of time then buy the rabbit, not on your own u need profe that u got it from there and be able to say its the same rabbit. Then it must be taken to a vet that can verifie that tha rabbit has been ill for some time and not treated. then report it to the local council who should pass it on to trading standards. An idea may be to there and then regester the rabbit with the vet at the shop making sure they know u have just bought it. If u buy an animal from there that turnes out to be pregnant then its the same u need to be able to prove its the same animal u bought from them and get a vet to say that its pregnant, then report it. That is the only way to get evidence to be able to let the trading standards, peopl take them to court.Trading standards believe the main problem with pets at home is one of a high turnover in staff leading to staff that do not have the experience with animals. The manager is supposed to have some knowledge.I asked about taking photos in the shop and was advised it may not be leagle unless u get permision from the manager. But if i did it must be a photo that also makes clear that its in a pets at home store. [ how to do that?] and of course do it when no one is looking or ud gat throw out lol. Thats about it anyway i think its going to take time but knowing how bad the shop is i think an oppertunity may present itself soon. At least i now now how to go about it the next time they slip up, and they will be getting a visit and who knows soon there should be covers on the rabbit pens. val