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.

Export horses and ponies: special rules
- Detailed guide
- 10 April 2019
- Animal and Plant Health Agency
Exporting animals, animal products, fish and fishery products if the UK leaves the EU with no deal
- Detailed guide
- 26 April 2019
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
Animal activities licensing: guidance for local authorities
- Statutory guidance
- 6 December 2018
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Importing live animals or animal products from non-EU countries
- Detailed guide
- 24 January 2019
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
Slaughter poultry, livestock and rabbits for home consumption
- Detailed guide
- 16 October 2015
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

28 March 2019News story

Veterinary Medicines Directorate

Classical swine fever in pigs in Japan
- 25 April 2019
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
- Research
African swine fever in pigs in China
- 23 April 2019
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
- Research
VMD Published Standards 2018 to 2019: Monitoring Performance
- 15 April 2019
- Veterinary Medicines Directorate
- Official statistics
Foot and mouth disease in North Africa and the Middle East
- 29 March 2019
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Research
Farm animals: survey of slaughter methods 2018
- 14 February 2019
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Food Standards Agency, and Welsh Government
- Research

Draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill 2017
- 26 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

Fish Health Inspectorate: Reports 2018
- 28 March 2019
- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
- Transparency
Animal welfare in slaughterhouses
- 18 February 2019
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Foi release
VMD FOI requests received between 1 July to 31 December 2018
- 2 January 2019
- Veterinary Medicines Directorate
- Foi release
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

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