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I am pleased to advise that the report from the Welsh Government\-commissioned review into the policy intent behind the Animal Welfare (Electronic Collars) (Wales) Regulations 2010 (the Regulations) has today been published on the Welsh Government website.


When the regulations came into force, the then Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development John Griffiths AM committed to a review of the legislation taking place. I tasked Dr Ruth Lysons, MA MSc VetMB MRCVS, with carrying out this review together with Dr Nick Coulson, MA MBA PhD VetMB MRCVS who reviewed Dr Lysons assessment. Both are independent consultants.


The review has also been scrutinised by the members of the Wales Animal Health and Welfare Framework Group who have accepted its findings.


The review considered all recent scientific evidence in relation to the welfare implications for cats and dogs arising from the use of electronic collars and taking into account evidence from the Electronic Collars Manufacturers Association (ECMA), the third sector and other individuals who submitted evidence. This was to set out the potential benefits and efficacy of electronic collars against the animal welfare concerns, in order to reach conclusions about whether their benefits outweighed the animal welfare costs.


Dr. Lysons concluded that the animal welfare cost is likely to exceed the benefits from the use of electronic collars as training devices, since they may cause pain, that effective alternatives exist, and the scope for misuse or abuse is too great.


The review also considered electronic fence systems and that too found that the animal welfare cost is likely to exceed the benefits from use of electronic fencing systems for both cats and dogs. Whilst there have been requests to be able to use electronic fencing systems for cats as road accidents are a big concerns and there are limited alternatives for keeping a cat confined, there are clear welfare concerns with electronic fencing for cats and very little published evidence from which to assess their use and relative benefits. Also on electronic anti\-bark collars in controlling excessive barking, given the limited efficacy and the fact that alternative approaches are readily available, the conclusion is that the welfare cost exceeds the benefits for such collars.


Based on this advice I am content to retain the existing policy in Wales and advise that the Welsh Government will not be considering amending the existing legislation at this time.







Translation:


 
P\>Rwyf yn falch o'ch hysbysu bod adroddiad ar yr adolygiad a gomisiynodd Llywodraeth Cymru i fwriad y polisi sy'n sail i Reoliadau Lles Anifeiliaid (Coleri Electronig) (Cymru) 2010 (y Rheoliadau) wedi'i gyhoeddi ar wefan Llywodraeth Cymru heddiw.  
Pan ddaeth y Rheoliadau i rym, gwnaeth John Griffiths AC, y Gweinidog Amgylchedd a Datblygu Cynaliadwy ar y pryd, ymrwymiad i adolygu'r ddeddfwriaeth sy’n bodoli. Gofynnais i Dr Ruth Lysons, MA MSc VETMB MRCVS gynnal yr adolygiad, ynghyd â Dr Nick Coulson, MA MBA PhD VetMB MRCVS a aeth ati i adolygu asesiad Dr Lysons. Mae'r ddau yn ymgynghorwyr annibynnol.  Hefyd, mae aelodau o Grŵp Fframwaith Iechyd a Lles Anifeiliaid Cymru wedi craffu ar yr adolygiad ac wedi derbyn y canfyddiadau. 

 Gwnaeth yr adolygiad ystyried yr holl dystiolaeth wyddonol ynghylch y goblygiadau lles i gathod a chŵn sy’n deillio o ddefnyddio coleri trydan. Gwnaeth hefyd ystyried tystiolaeth Cymdeithas Gwneuthurwyr Coleri Trydanol, y trydydd sector ac unigolion eraill a gyflwynodd dystiolaeth. Gwnaed hynny er mwyn cymharu manteision posibl ac effeithiolrwydd coleri trydanol yn erbyn y pryderon am les anifeiliaid. Drwy hynny roedd modd dod i gasgliadau ynghylch a oedd y manteision yn drech na’r costau o safbwynt lles anifeiliaid.

 Daeth Dr Lysons i'r casgliad y byddai’r gost o ran lles anifeiliaid yn debygol o fod yn drech na’r manteision o ddefnyddio coleri trydanol fel dyfeisiadau hyfforddi, a hynny am eu bod yn debygol o achosi poen, am fod opsiynau eraill ar gael ac am fod posibilrwydd mawr i bobl eu cam\-ddefnyddio.

 Yn ogystal, gwnaeth yr adolygiad ystyried systemau ffensys electronig a gwelwyd bod y costau o ran lles anifeiliaid, yn achos cŵn a chathod fel ei gilydd, yn debygol o fod yn fwy na'r manteision a fydda'n deillio o ffensys o'r fath. Mae ceisiadau wedi dod i law i ddefnyddio systemau ffensys electronig ar gyfer cathod am fod damweiniau ar y ffordd yn achosi pryder mawr ac am mai nifer cyfyngedig o opsiynau eraill sy'n bodoli ar gyfer cadw cathod o fewn lle cyfyngedig. Er hynny, mae ffensys trydanol ar gyfer cathod yn peri pryderon amlwg o ran lles, ac ychydig iawn o dystiolaeth sydd wedi'i chyhoeddi er mwyn asesu eu defnydd a'u manteision. Hefyd, o safbwynt y coleri trydanol atal cyfarth sy'n rheoli cyfarth gormodol, daethpwyd i'r casgliad bod y costau o ran lles anifeiliaid yn gorbwyso manteisio coleri o'r fath. Roedd y penderfyniad hwnnw'n seiliedig ar y ffaith nad ydynt yn effeithiol iawn a bod dulliau eraill yn hawdd eu cael.

 Yn seiliedig ar y dystiolaeth hon, rwyf yn fodlon cadw'r polisi sy'n bodoli ar hyn o bryd yng Nghymru ac rwyf am ddweud na fydd Llywodraeth Cymru'n ystyried diwygio'r ddeddfwriaeth bresennol ar hyn o bryd.