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Services

• Bringing your pet dog, cat or ferret to the UK

  Taking pets abroad on holiday or to live - pet passports, PETS travel scheme, microchipping, rabies vaccinations, quarantine, travelling with assistance dogs

• Hunting and shooting wildlife

  Open and closed season for hunting, what you can use and the wildlife you can hunt

• Report a dead or injured animal

  Report a dead or injured animal such as a badger, fox or domestic pet found on the road

• Controlling your dog in public

  You can be fined if your dog is out of control in public - find out about Dog Control Orders, banned dogs, dog fouling and reporting a dangerous dog

• Get your dog microchipped

  How to get your dog fitted with a microchip: when to get it done, who can do it, how to update your details, what to do when buying a dog

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Guidance and regulation

• Animal welfare

  Detailed guide

  7 December 2017

  Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

• Animal welfare legislation: protecting pets

  Detailed guide

  18 April 2013

  Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

• Pet travel: approved air, sea and rail carriers and routes

  Guidance

  12 October 2018

  Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency

• Register land you use to keep livestock
  • Detailed guide
  • 17 July 2018
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Rural Payments Agency, and Animal and Plant Health Agency
• Live transport: welfare regulations
  • Detailed guide
  • 29 August 2012
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

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News and communications

15 October 2018 — News story

Asian hornet: UK sightings in 2018

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency

1. Guatemala joins the Americas to combat illegal wildlife trade
   • 15 October 2018
   • World news story
2. IWT Conference 2018: Declaration commits over 50 countries to action for endangered species
   • 12 October 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Department for International Development, and Foreign & Commonwealth Office
   • News story
3. Flying success for Bats in Churches project
   • 12 October 2018
   • Natural England
   • Press release
4. Neonicotinoid products as seed treatments for sugar beets: emergency authorisation application
   • 11 October 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Health and Safety Executive
   • Decision

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Research and statistics

• 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
• Goats: TSE surveillance statistics
  • 12 October 2018
  • Animal and Plant Health Agency
  • Research
• Sheep: TSE surveillance statistics
  • 12 October 2018
  • Animal and Plant Health Agency
  • Research
• Avian influenza in wild birds
  • 11 October 2018
  • Animal and Plant Health Agency
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• 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

• Review of approach to issuing animal test certificates for veterinary medicines 10 October 2018

  Veterinary Medicines Directorate

  Consultation outcome

  Date closed 24 April 2015

• Crouch and Roach Estuaries protected sites: consultation outcome 2 October 2018

  Natural England

  Consultation outcome

  Date closed 02 March 2018

• Declaration: London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade 2018
  • 16 October 2018
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Department for International Development, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and Home Office
  • Policy paper
• Darwin Plus grant: Penguins in the Southern Ocean
  • 28 September 2018
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Case study

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• APHA regulatory and compliance policy
  • 20 September 2018
  • Closed organisation: Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency and Animal and Plant Health Agency
  • Corporate report
• Review of controls on imports of animals and animal products: April 2016 to March 2017
  • 12 September 2018
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Corporate report
• Cumbria BogLIFE project
  • 14 August 2018
  • Natural England
  • Corporate report
• Animals in Science Committee: members' register of interests
  • 24 July 2018
  • Animals in Science Committee
  • Transparency
• Publications under section 24A Small Business Enterprise and Employment Act 2015
  • 4 July 2018
  • Veterinary Medicines Directorate
  • Corporate report

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Organisations

1. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
2. Marine Management Organisation
3. Veterinary Medicines Directorate
4. Animal & Plant Health Agency
5. Home Office

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1. Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
2. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
3. Department for International Development
4. Public Health England
5. Veterinary Products Committee
6. Rural Payments Agency
7. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
8. Ministry of Defence
9. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
10. Department of Health & Social Care
11. HM Treasury
12. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
13. Border Force
14. Cabinet Office
15. Government Veterinary Services
16. Department for Transport
17. Government Legal Department
18. Government Office for Science
19. Department for Work & Pensions
20. Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service
21. Maritime & Coastguard Agency
22. Ministry of Justice
23. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
24. Science Advisory Council

1. Natural England
2. Environment Agency
3. Forestry Commission
4. Animals in Science Committee
5. Marine Accident Investigation Branch
6. UK Hydrographic Office
7. Innovate UK
8. Rail Accident Investigation Branch
9. Highways England
10. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
11. National Counter Terrorism Security Office
12. Regulatory Policy Committee
13. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales