English: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Cabinet Secretary, can I welcome the statement? I think the principle of responsible ownership that is mentioned towards the end of your statement is key, but I do think that more needs to be done with it. Several Members, including Gareth Bennett, have mentioned the need for education, and it is, after all, pet owners who are going to be able to deliver the maximum level of animal welfare. No matter how good our laws and regulations are, it is human behaviour here that is key. I have to say, a couple of months ago, I visited Cardiff Dogs Home, and can I take this opportunity to commend their excellent work - it's a remarkably hopeful place, which is perhaps not what I was expecting - and also the friends of Cardiff Dogs Home as well, who exercise the animals twice daily, and, indeed, that's what I did do as part of my visit? But, anyway, the staff and volunteers there were talking to me about the problems they often have with dogs being abandoned, because they were acquired in the first place, irresponsibly, as fashion accessories - this sounds remarkable, but I assure you it goes on - and then, after six months or so, the novelty of having this fashion accessory, which you're showing off to your friends or whatever, wears and the realities of taking care of a sentient animal with a range of quite obvious needs means that they grow indifferent or even callous and the animals often get abandoned, and literally get abandoned - driven many miles and then thrown out of a car. So, that's the first point. The second point, and, again, a couple of people have mentioned this, but I want to refer you to the work of the charity Cats Protection, which has highlighted the problem of pets being given up when people move into rented accommodation. They also mention that when people go into some form of care accommodation, it's often automatically the case that they have to give up their pets - in this case, cats - and these animals are often older animals that cannot be rehoused very easily. I think landlords and those running various forms of care accommodation, sheltered or whatever - residential homes - many of them can be quite easily made appropriate for companion animals. I think those in rented accommodation - indeed, I live in a condominium, and we have a presumption that you can have a pet unless there are very strong reasons not to have the pet, and that is a much better way of operating. It would be fairer, as well, which would cover people in some form of rented accommodation as well. I think that's a real issue, and I commend the charity for raising that matter.
Welsh: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, a gaf i groesawu'r datganiad? Rwy'n credu bod yr egwyddor o berchnogaeth gyfrifol a grybwyllir tuag at ddiwedd eich datganiad yn allweddol, ond rwyf yn credu bod angen gwneud mwy â hynny. Mae nifer o'r Aelodau, gan gynnwys Gareth Bennett, wedi sôn am yr angen am addysg, ac wedi'r cyfan, perchnogion anifeiliaid anwes sydd yn mynd i allu sicrhau'r lles anifeiliaid gorau. Ni waeth pa mor dda yw ein cyfreithiau a'n rheoliadau, ymddygiad pobl sy'n allweddol yn y fan yma. Mae'n rhaid imi ddweud, ychydig o fisoedd yn ôl, ymwelais â Chartref Cŵn Caerdydd, ac a gaf i achub ar y cyfle hwn i ganmol eu gwaith rhagorol - mae'n lle hynod obeithiol, nad oeddwn i efallai yn ei ddisgwyl - ac hefyd cyfeillion Cartref Cŵn Caerdydd yn ogystal, sy'n rhoi ymarfer corff i'r anifeiliaid ddwywaith y dydd, ac, yn wir, dyna wnes i yn rhan o fy ymweliad. Ond, beth bynnag, roedd y staff a'r gwirfoddolwyr yno yn sôn wrthyf i am y problemau sydd ganddynt yn aml o ran cŵn yn cael eu gadael, oherwydd i bobl eu cael yn y lle cyntaf, yn anghyfrifol, yn ategolion ffasiwn - mae hyn yn swnio'n rhyfeddol, ond gallaf eich sicrhau chi ei fod yn digwydd - ac yna, ar ôl ryw chwe mis, mae'r hwyl o gael yr ategolyn ffasiwn hwn, yr ydych chi'n ei ddangos i'ch ffrindiau neu beth bynnag, yn pylu ac mae realiti gofalu am anifail ymdeimladol ag amrywiaeth o anghenion eithaf amlwg yn golygu eu bod yn mynd yn ddidaro neu hyd yn oed yn ddideimlad ac mae'r anifeiliaid yn aml yn cael eu gadael, ac yn cael eu gadael yn llythrennol - eu gyrru filltiroedd lawer ac wedyn eu taflu o'r car. Felly, dyna'r pwynt cyntaf. Yr ail bwynt, ac, unwaith eto, mae sawl person wedi sôn am hyn, ond hoffwn eich cyfeirio at waith yr elusen Cats Protection, sydd wedi tynnu sylw at broblem anifeiliaid anwes yn cael eu gadael pan fo pobl yn symud i lety rhent. Maen nhw hefyd yn sôn, pan fydd pobl yn mynd i ryw fath o lety gofal, yn aml mae'n rhaid iddyn nhw ildio eu hanifeiliaid anwes yn awtomatig - cathod yn yr achos hwn - ac mae'r anifeiliaid hyn yn aml yn anifeiliaid hŷn na ellir eu hailgartrefu'n hawdd iawn. Rwy'n credu y gallai landlordiaid a'r rhai hynny sy'n rhedeg gwahanol fathau o lety gofal, llety gwarchod neu beth bynnag - cartrefi preswyl - gallai llawer ohonyn nhw yn eithaf hawdd gael eu haddasu ar gyfer anifeiliaid anwes. Rwy'n credu bod y rhai hynny sydd mewn llety rhent - yn wir, rwyf i'n byw mewn condominiwm, ac mae gennym ni ragdybiaeth y gallwch chi gael anifail anwes oni bai bod rhesymau cryf iawn dros beidio â chael yr anifail anwes, ac mae hynny'n ffordd llawer gwell o weithredu. Byddai'n decach, hefyd, a byddai'n cynnwys pobl mewn rhyw fath o lety rhent. Rwy'n credu bod hynny'n broblem wirioneddol, ac rwy'n cymeradwyo'r elusen am sôn am y mater hwnnw.