English: Thanks to the Minister for today's statement. I agree with the sentiments underlying the statement. The majority of households that have pets have dogs, and there are several issues over the welfare of dogs, one obvious one being: in today's society, are they getting enough exercise and general stimulation? These days, a lot of households contain couples who are both out working during the day, so this can be a problem. So, we have to be sure that people purchasing dogs are involved in an appropriate lifestyle for owning dogs. If dogs are short of stimulation, they can exhibit behavioural problems such as anxiety, in some cases, or in others, aggression. They would then need to be dealt with through training classes. Now, training classes are mandatory for the owners of dogs purchased from a lot of rescue centres, but they're not mandatory for dogs purchased through other means like private sellers. I'm not saying that it has to be mandatory, but do we need, perhaps, to publicise more the benefits of putting dogs through training classes and do we need to do more to educate dog owners as to the welfare and costs of keeping their animals? I note that education is one of the themes in your statement today. The microchipping regulations that were introduced for dogs you say are being reviewed. It seems sensible to introduce that with the increase in incidents of dognapping, particularly of expensive breeds. You mentioned that you are looking at whether there is a good case for the microchipping scheme to be extended to cats. I would think that there probably is a good case for it, but I know that you responded already to that when Paul Davies raised it, so you may not be able to say more on that issue today. Can I mention horses? There isn't much detail in today's statement about horses, although I know that there is a revised code of practice that's going on. We know that the fly-tipping of sick and injured horses is at an all-time high, so this is a major issue. Indeed, the RSPCA claims that there is a horse crisis going on. One of the problems being that horses are relatively cheap to buy, but expensive to care for. So, one way of addressing it is to go back to the education angle - again, is there more that we can do to educate prospective horse owners about the cost and welfare of keeping horses? On a more parochial level, there's the case of people who have a single horse. Horses are actually herd animals, so keeping a horse all on its own is perhaps not a good idea for the animal's welfare. Now, there's a case that I know of - a couple of people near me who live two doors down from each other and each own a single horse. One of those horses in particular looks most forlorn and they'd probably be better off keeping the horses together in the same field. So, I suppose we're going back, again, to the issue of education. Are there any more specifics that we can do to promote education about the welfare of companion animals?
Welsh: Diolch i'r Gweinidog am y datganiad heddiw. Cytunaf â'r teimladau sydd wrth wraidd y datganiad. Cŵn sydd gan y mwyafrif o aelwydydd sydd ag anifeiliaid anwes, ac mae nifer o faterion ynghylch lles cŵn, un amlwg yw: mewn cymdeithas heddiw, a ydynt yn cael digon o ymarfer ac ysgogiad cyffredinol? Y dyddiau hyn, mae llawer o aelwydydd yn cynnwys cyplau sydd ill dau yn gweithio yn ystod y dydd, felly gall hyn fod yn broblem. Felly, rhaid inni fod yn siŵr bod pobl sy'n prynu cŵn yn byw mewn ffordd sy'n briodol i fod yn berchen ar gŵn. Os yw cŵn yn brin o ysgogiad, gallant arddangos problemau ymddygiadol megis pryder, mewn rhai achosion, neu mewn achosion eraill, ymddygiad ymosodol. Yna byddai angen ymdrin â nhw drwy ddosbarthiadau hyfforddiant. Bellach, mae dosbarthiadau hyfforddiant yn orfodol i berchnogion cŵn a brynwyd o lawer o'r canolfannau achub, ond dydyn nhw ddim yn orfodol ar gyfer cŵn a brynwyd drwy ddulliau eraill fel gwerthwyr preifat. Nid wyf yn dweud bod yn rhaid iddo fod yn orfodol, ond a oes angen, efallai, rhoi cyhoeddusrwydd i'r manteision o roi cŵn drwy ddosbarthiadau hyfforddiant ac a oes angen i ni wneud mwy i addysgu perchnogion cŵn ynghylch lles a chostau cadw eu hanifeiliaid? Sylwaf mai addysg yw un o'r themâu yn eich datganiad heddiw. Dywedwch fod y rheoliadau microsglodynnu a gyflwynwyd ar gyfer cŵn yn cael eu hadolygu. Mae'n ymddangos yn synhwyrol i gyflwyno hynny gyda'r cynnydd mewn achosion o gipio cŵn, yn enwedig bridiau drud. Soniasoch eich bod yn ystyried pa un a oes achos cryf dros ymestyn y cynllun gosod microsglodion i gathod. Byddwn yn meddwl bod achos cryf dros wneud, ond gwn eich bod chi wedi ymateb i hynny eisoes pan soniodd Paul Davies am hynny, felly efallai na fyddwch yn gallu dweud mwy ynglŷn â'r mater hwnnw heddiw. A gaf i sôn am geffylau? Does dim llawer o fanylion yn y datganiad heddiw am geffylau, er y gwn fod cod diwygiedig o arfer ar y gweill. Gwyddom fod cael gwared ar geffylau sâl ac anafus ar ei uchaf erioed, felly mae hwn yn fater o bwys. Yn wir, mae'r RSPCA yn honni bod argyfwng ceffylau. Un o'r problemau yw bod ceffylau yn gymharol rad i'w prynu, ond yn ddrud i ofalu amdanynt. Felly, un ffordd o fynd i'r afael â hyn yw mynd yn ôl at yr agwedd o addysg - unwaith eto, a oes mwy y gallwn ni ei wneud i addysgu darpar berchnogion ceffylau am gost a lles cadw ceffylau? Ar lefel fwy plwyfol, mae rhai pobl sydd ag un ceffyl. Mae ceffylau yn anifeiliaid sydd wedi arfer byw gyda cheffylau eraill mewn gwirionedd, felly efallai nad yw cadw ceffyl ar ei ben ei hun yn syniad da o ran lles yr anifail. Nawr, mae achos y gwn amdano - mae dau gymydog imi, sy'n byw dau ddrws oddi wrth ei gilydd a phob un yn berchen ar un ceffyl. Mae un o'r ceffylau hynny yn arbennig yn edrych yn druenus iawn ac mae'n debyg y byddai'n well iddynt gadw'r ceffylau gyda'i gilydd yn yr un cae. Tybiaf felly, ein bod yn dychwelyd, unwaith eto, i fater addysg. A oes unrhyw bethau mwy penodol y gallwn ni eu gwneud i hyrwyddo addysg am les anifeiliaid anwes?