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Services

  1. Application to become a member of PAW

    You can apply to be a member of PAW by completing this form.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

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Guidance and regulation

  1. Animal activities licensing: guidance for local authorities
    • Statutory guidance
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  2. Importing live animals or animal products from non-EU countries
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
  3. Welfare of animals during transport
    • Guidance
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  4. Code of practice for the welfare of dogs
    • Guidance
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  5. Slaughter poultry, livestock and rabbits for home consumption
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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News and communications

News story

Animal Medicine seizure notice: Sallins Farm

Veterinary Medicines Directorate

  1. Tylan 200mg/ml Solution for Injection - Product defect recall alert
    • Veterinary Medicines Directorate
    • News story
  2. VMD web services currently unavailable: Update 14:20pm 13 May
    • Veterinary Medicines Directorate
    • News story
  3. Gove delivers ‘Lucy’s Law’ to protect puppies and kittens
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Press release
  4. Gove delivers legislation to ban wild animals in circuses
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Press release
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Research and statistics

  1. African swine fever in pigs in China
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
    • Research
  2. Rift Valley fever in Mayotte (Indian Ocean)
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Research
  3. Aujeszky’s disease in domestic swine in France
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Research
  4. Top ten imported veterinary medicines - Quarterly report 01 January to 31 March 2019
    • Veterinary Medicines Directorate
    • Official statistics
  5. Classical swine fever in pigs in Japan
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
    • Research
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Policy papers and consultations

  1. Draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill 2017
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 31 January 2018
  2. Live exports and improving animal welfare during transport: call for evidence
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 22 May 2018
  3. Discussion: reviewing import controls on live animals and products of animal origin
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 20 November 2015
  4. Animal welfare: updating the code of practice for the welfare of meat chickens
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 06 October 2017
  5. Draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill 2017
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Policy paper
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Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. Dangerous Dogs Act 1991
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Foi release
  2. Fish Health Inspectorate: Reports 2018
    • Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
    • Transparency
  3. Animal welfare in slaughterhouses
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Foi release
  4. VMD FOI requests received between 1 July to 31 December 2018
    • Veterinary Medicines Directorate
    • Foi release
  5. AHWBE: register of interests
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Transparency
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