Media Release: Please don’t neglect pets in easing Victoria’s lockdown

Today, PIAA is releasing an Advocacy Paper arguing for a wide reopening of pet industry businesses across the Stage 4 lockdown area from the end of next week, including mobile pet grooming.

“Greater Melbourne’s roadmap out of lockdown mustn’t neglect the welfare of our domestic animals,” said Barry Codling, president of the Pet Services Association of Australia (PIAA).

“We have a duty of care to the animals we bring into our households and families, to keep them fed, sheltered, safe and healthy.