English: One of the first pieces of casework that I had after being elected was an appeal for help from a woman who had been relocated and rehomed as a result of escaping from domestic abuse. She was in an extremely vulnerable condition, having had to move from her home and community to a new town, having had to move her daughter to a new school, having to try to make new friends and cope with the trauma that she suffered as a result of domestic violence. She had some ducks, and she told me how watching the ducks and looking after them helped her cope with the mental stress that she was under; however, the housing association was not happy for her to keep the ducks because they were considered not as pets but as livestock. I went to see her. These were a small number of ducklings, kept cleanly and tidily in a small, purpose-built hut in her back garden - pets that brought pleasure and comfort to a vulnerable person who desperately needed that pleasure and comfort. I remember her telling me, 'I'm treated differently because I can't afford to buy my own home.' The housing association eventually gave in, after I intervened, but how many more people receive orders and accept them, without the ability, or the energy or the knowledge to challenge them? Why should someone who cannot afford to buy their home, or who has had to move to a new home for whatever reason, be deprived of companionship, of the mental health support, of the pleasure and love that pets can provide? I encourage you to support this proposal, which would ensure that everyone can benefit from keeping a pet, whatever their circumstances.
Welsh: Un o'r darnau cyntaf o waith achos ces i ar ôl cael fy ethol oedd apêl am help gan fenyw oedd wedi cael ei hail-gartrefi a'i had-leoli yn sgil dianc o gamdriniaeth ddomestig. Roedd hi mewn cyflwr hynod fregus, wedi gorfod symud o'i chartref a'i chymuned i dref newydd, wedi gorfod symud ei merch i ysgol newydd, yn ceisio gwneud ffrindiau newydd ac ymdopi â'r trawma a ddioddefodd yn sgil trais domestig. Roedd ganddi hi hwyaid, ac fe soniodd hi wrthyf i fod gwylio'r hwyaid a gofalu amdanynt yn ei helpu i ymdopi â'r straen meddyliol oedd arni, ond doedd y gymdeithas tai ddim yn fodlon iddi gadw'r hwyaid am eu bod yn cael eu cyfrif nid fel anifeiliaid anwes ond fel da byw. Es i i'w gweld. Nifer fach o hwyaid bach oedd y rhain, wedi eu cadw yn lan ac yn ddestlus mewn cwt bach pwrpasol pert yn ei gardd gefn - anifeiliaid anwes oedd yn dod â phleser a chysur i berson bregus oedd dirfawr angen y pleser a'r cysur hwnnw. Dwi'n cofio hi'n dweud wrthyf i, 'Dwi'n cael fy nhrin yn wahanol gan nad ydw i'n medru fforddio prynu fy nghartref.' Fe ildiodd y gymdeithas tai yn y pen draw, ar ôl i fi ymyrryd, ond faint yn fwy o bobl sy'n derbyn gorchmynion ac yn eu derbyn, heb y gallu na'r egni na'r wybodaeth o ran sut i'w herio? Pam ddylai rhywun sydd yn methu â fforddio prynu eu cartref, neu sydd wedi gorfod symud i gartref newydd am ba bynnag rheswm, gael eu hamddifadu o'r gwmnïaeth, o'r cymorth i iechyd meddwl, o'r pleser a'r cariad y gall anifeiliaid anwes eu darparu? Rwy'n eich annog chi i gefnogi'r cynnig hwn a fyddai'n sicrhau bod pawb yn gallu elwa o gadw anifail anwes, beth bynnag eu hamgylchiadau.