Australia has the highest rate of pet ownership in the world.

But more than 60,000 pets are put down each year in NSW – not including those that are dumped in national parks, die of starvation or are killed by other animals.

Independent MP Clover Moore has put forward a new bill designed to tighten regulation of the pet shop industry.

2SER’s Jane Want spoke to Kelly Lachman, a campaigner with the animal welfare group Paws for Action.