On a day when the Kennel Club has backed ousted Cavalier King Charles committee member Margaret Carter and has announced a raft of proposals to review all of the 209 breeds recognised under its registration scheme, Jemima Harrison of Passionate Productions – makers of the Pedigree Dogs Exposed documentary – has warmly welcomed the new initiatives.

“I am genuinely delighted to see that the Kennel Club has announced so many important new initiatives to tackle health and welfare problems in pedigree dogs. It vindicates the hard-hitting approach we took in Pedigree Dogs Exposed and of course, the real winners are the dogs. Getting a better deal for them was always the film’s primary objective.

However, there is still much room for improvement according to the maker of the exposé which revealed shocking health problems and lack of leadership on issues such as inbreeding from the Kennel Club:

“I am very disappointed that the Kennel Club has not acted immediately to ban the mating of first-degree relatives but, for the first time, there is mention of the importance of genetic diversity, which is hugely encouraging. There are going to be howls of protest from some breed clubs and it remains to be seen how much genuine change will result . But well done to the KC for finally admitting the scale of the problem and initiating at least some of the change that is needed.”

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