Animal welfare

Services

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.

Code of practice for the welfare of dogs
Guidance
6 April 2018
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Poultry: on-farm welfare
Guidance
8 August 2018
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Welfare of animals during transport
Guidance
13 June 2011
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Secretary of State’s standards of modern zoo practice
- Guidance
- 25 October 2017
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Slaughter poultry, livestock and rabbits for home consumption
- Detailed guide
- 16 October 2015
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

18 October 2018News story

Veterinary Medicines Directorate

Outbreaks of Koi herpesvirus (KHV) disease in 2018
- 5 October 2018
- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
- Press release
Animal welfare boosted by new law coming into force
- 1 October 2018
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Press release
Animal medicines improvement notice: Mallon Veterinary Practice
- 19 September 2018
- Veterinary Medicines Directorate
- News story
VMD statement on veterinary medicinal products containing Cannabidiol
- 14 September 2018
- Veterinary Medicines Directorate
- News story

West nile virus in owls in Germany
- 17 October 2018
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
- Research
Classical swine fever in pigs in Japan
- 16 October 2018
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
- Research
African swine fever in pigs in China
- 3 September 2018
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
- Research
Statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2017
- 19 July 2018
- Home Office
- National statistics
Farm animals: data from survey of slaughter methods
- 8 September 2017
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Research

Draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill 2017 11 October 2018
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Consultation outcome

Date closed 31 January 2018
Live exports and improving animal welfare during transport: call for evidence 15 August 2018
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Consultation outcome

Date closed 22 May 2018
Discussion: reviewing import controls on live animals and products of animal origin 26 July 2018
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Consultation outcome

Date closed 20 November 2015
Animal welfare: updating the code of practice for the welfare of meat chickens
- 9 January 2018
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 06 October 2017
Draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill 2017
- 7 August 2018
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper

AHWBE: register of interests
- 20 March 2018
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Transparency
Animal Health and Welfare Board for England (AHWBE) summary of board activities: 2015 to 2016
- 9 December 2016
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Corporate report
Animal Health and Welfare Board for England (AHWBE) annual report: 2014 to 2015
- 9 November 2015
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Corporate report
VPC Annual Report 2013
- 20 July 2015
- Veterinary Products Committee
- Corporate report
VPC Annual Report 2014
- 20 July 2015
- Veterinary Products Committee
- Corporate report

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