Animal welfare

Services

Ferret and other mustelinae register
Send information about your ferret or other mustelinae to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) if you're in England and Wales.
Application to become a member of PAW
You can apply to be a member of PAW by completing this form.
Application for a greyhound racetrack welfare licence
This form must be completed by any greyhound racing track operator in England whose track is not regulated by the Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
Avian wildlife: casualty veterinary examination certificate
Form to complete a veterinary examination certificate for a wild bird which may be unfit to be released into the wild.

Import of products, animals, food and feed system (IPAFFS)
- Detailed guide
- 14 September 2021
- Animal and Plant Health Agency and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for people in England with animals
- Detailed guide
- 8 October 2021
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
Certify an export health certificate
- Detailed guide
- 31 December 2020
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
Apply for an export health certificate
- Detailed guide
- 31 December 2020
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
Animal welfare
- Detailed guide
- 29 June 2021
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency

Top ten imported veterinary medicines - Quarterly report 1 July 2021 to 30 September 2021
- 15 October 2021
- Veterinary Medicines Directorate
- Official statistics
West nile virus in owls in Germany and Southern Europe
- 8 October 2021
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
- Research
VMD Published Standards 2021 to 2022: Monitoring performance
- 7 October 2021
- Veterinary Medicines Directorate
- Official statistics
African swine fever in pigs in the Americas
- 24 September 2021
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
- Research
Residues of veterinary medicines in food: 2021
- 30 July 2021
- Veterinary Medicines Directorate
- Official statistics

Labelling for animal welfare: call for evidence
- 13 September 2021
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Open consultation
- Closing date 06 December 2021
Changes to the rules on bringing pets into Great Britain
- 21 August 2021
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Closed consultation
- Date closed 16 October 2021
Live animal exports: improvements to animal welfare in transport
- 18 August 2021
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 25 February 2021
Primates as pets in England
- 8 June 2021
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 06 February 2021
Action Plan for Animal Welfare
- 12 May 2021
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper

Veterinary Medicines Directorate annual report and accounts 2020 to 2021
- 20 July 2021
- Veterinary Medicines Directorate
- Corporate report
FOI requests received by the VMD between 1 July to 31 December 2019
- 25 January 2021
- Veterinary Medicines Directorate
- Foi release
Veterinary Medicines Directorate annual report and accounts 2019 to 2020
- 21 July 2020
- Veterinary Medicines Directorate
- Corporate report
AHWBE: register of interests
- 8 June 2020
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Transparency
Statistics on the Index of Exempted Dogs FOI2020/03986
- 3 April 2020
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Foi release

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