Do let the dogs out: Huge fines for pet confinement part of ACT animal welfare overhaul

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Updated May 18 2019 - 5:28pm, first published May 14 2019 - 8:36pm

Pet shops and boarding kennels will be licensed and all pets recognised as "sentient beings with intrinsic value" under major amendments to animal welfare legislation tabled in the ACT Assembly this week.

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