Author: Sabrina Mallia

At a press conference, new regulations were announced to improve standards for local services provided by pet groomers, sitters, and boarders. These regulations, effective for two months, aim for proper certification and licensing in the industry. Minister Anton Refalo, together with Parliamentary Secretary Alicia Bugeja Said and Director Joseph John Vella, emphasized that this law, also an electoral promise, aims to regulate and ensure standards for pet animal welfare boarding, sitting and grooming services. Minister Refalo said that the law introduces definitions such as residence, pet boarder and pet sitter. Public consultations were held with the Animal Welfare Council and…