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Take your pet dog, cat or ferret abroad: getting a pet passport or export health certificate, microchip, vaccinations and tapeworm treatments.
When travelling with your pet dog, cat or ferret abroad, what you need to…
When travelling to an EU country or Northern Ireland, your pet needs: a…
You need an animal health certificate for your dog, cat or ferret if…
You must get your pet microchipped before, or at the same time as, their…
You must get your dog, cat or ferret vaccinated against rabies before it…
A vet must treat your dog for tapeworm and record it in either an animal…
If you’re travelling to a non-EU country, you’ll need to get an export…
You can contact the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) if you’ve got…
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
The local council must keep public areas like parks, playgrounds and pavements clear of dog mess - report a dog fouling problem to the local council
Regulatory Policy Committee Opinion on the PIR for Defra's Microchipping of Dogs (England) Regulations 2015
A robot dog could soon be sniffing out hazards at Europe's most complex nuclear site.
Record of Freedom of Information request sent to the Veterinary Medicines Directorate 16 September 2014.
Government announces plans to bring forward a new criminal offence for pet abduction in Kept Animals Bill
A response to a request made under the Freedom of Information Act asking for copy logs of all dogs retrieved from highways
The zero response to an FOI asking how many offences of dogs not being microchipped CNC had dealt with
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