Martin Whitfield MSP has attended a Cats Protection exhibition stand at the Scottish Parliament and pledged to support and speak up for cat welfare in parliament. The charity's representatives were at Holyrood to promote their work on changes to allow responsible renters to keep pets. The lack of pet-friendly rented accommodation in Scotland is a [...]
Following the UK Government’s confirmation that it will bring in regulations in England for compulsory microchipping of pet cats, Martin Whitfield MSP is backing a call for government to do the same here in Scotland. Cats Protection’s Cats and Their Stats (CATS) Scotland report 2022 found there are 900,000 pet cats in Scotland. 29 per [...]
The team at the Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA), Scotland’s all-animal emergency service, have been thanked by Martin Whitfield MSP after reporting a record year of activity in 2022. While attitudes towards animals and their welfare have generally changed for the better since the turn of the century, 2022 was unprecedented [...]
