CANINE FERTILITY CLINICS IN THE UK

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Committee Room 11, House of Commons, Westminster, London

7-9pm

Canine fertility clinics: the hot topic on UK dog lovers’ minds. A product of pandemic & public demand for increasingly extreme looking dogs, there’s now several hundred businesses throughout the UK that are selling assisted canine breeding procedures.

A typical fertility clinic advertises services such as artificial insemination, progesterone or cytology ovulation testing, ultrasound pregnancy scanning & semen services, including collection, analysis & shipping.

Whilst there are some specialist reproduction vets providing these services out of registered vet practices, the majority of canine fertility clinics are operated by people with no vet training or credentials, raising serious welfare & ethical questions.

Especially worrying is the indiscriminate use of artificial insemination to breed from dogs who cannot physically mate or give birth naturally & the long-term impact such irresponsible breeding decisions will have on adult dogs & their offspring.

Join us, Naturewatch Foundation & some very special guest speakers to learn more about the rapid growth of this new sector, why the animal welfare & vet communities are concerned & most importantly what needs to be done to protect dogs from the many risks posed by low welfare & illegal clinics.

The event is FREE but places are limited so booking is essential.

PANEL

Natalie Harney 

Campaign Manager, Naturewatch Foundation

Overview, shape of sector in the UK and recent survey

Rowena Packer

Lecturer in Companion Animal Behaviour & Welfare Science, Royal Veterinary College

Impact of indiscriminate breeding decisions on health & welfare, recent trends

Vanessa Waddon

Founder, Hope Rescue

Rescue perspective 

Fabian Rivers

Veterinary Surgeon & presenter of Britain's Puppy Boom: Counting the Cost

Veterinarian’s perspective 

Catherine Stowell

Sonographer & founder of Animal Ultrasound Association

Industry perspective

Gilly Mendes Ferreira

Head of Innovation & Strategic Relations, SSPCA

Taking enforcement action