Animal welfare

Services

Application to become a member of PAW
You can apply to be a member of PAW by completing this form.
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 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
- 22 April 2022
- Animal and Plant Health Agency and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Bringing your pet to the UK from Ukraine
- Detailed guide
- 5 May 2022
- 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
Get an export health certificate
- Detailed guide
- 8 June 2021
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Animal and Plant Health Agency, and Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland)
Apply for an export health certificate
- Detailed guide
- 31 December 2020
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency

Statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain: 2021
- 4 July 2022
- Home Office
- National statistics
VMD Published Standards 2022 to 2023: Monitoring performance
- 14 June 2022
- Veterinary Medicines Directorate
- Official statistics
Residues of veterinary medicines in food: 2022
- 30 May 2022
- Veterinary Medicines Directorate
- Official statistics
Residues of veterinary medicines in food: 2021
- 30 May 2022
- Veterinary Medicines Directorate
- Official statistics
African swine fever in pigs and wild boars in Europe
- 30 May 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
- Research

Cat and dog microchipping consultation
- 17 May 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Closed consultation
- Date closed 20 May 2022
Labelling for animal welfare: call for evidence
- 13 April 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Closed consultation
- Date closed 06 December 2021
Improvements to equine identification and traceability in England
- 5 April 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Closed consultation
- Date closed 28 June 2022
Animal health and welfare: provisional common framework
- 3 February 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper
VMD Regulatory Science Strategy 2021-2026
- 29 November 2021
- Veterinary Medicines Directorate
- Policy paper

Veterinary Medicines Directorate Regulators’ Code
- 4 March 2022
- Veterinary Medicines Directorate
- Corporate report
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

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