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Wildlife, animals, biodiversity and ecosystems

Services

  1. 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

  2. Hunting and shooting wildlife

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

  3. 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

  4. Report a dead or injured animal

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

  5. 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

  1. Pet travel to Europe after Brexit
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
  2. Animal welfare
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  3. Avian influenza (bird flu)
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
  4. Animal welfare legislation: protecting pets
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  5. Pet travel: approved air, sea and rail carriers and routes
    • Guidance
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
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News and communications

News story

Veterinary Medicine Supply Problem: Isoflurane

Veterinary Medicines Directorate

  1. Forestry Commission act on tree pest detected in Kent
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Forestry Commission, and Animal and Plant Health Agency
    • Press release
  2. Lynx reintroduction in Kielder Forest
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Correspondence
  3. Carprieve Small Animal Injection – Product defect recall alert
    • Veterinary Medicines Directorate
    • News story
  4. Project ‘setts’ up new home for badgers near M6
    • Highways England
    • Press release
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Research and statistics

  1. VMD Published Standards 2018 to 2019: Monitoring Performance
    • Veterinary Medicines Directorate
    • Official statistics
  2. Pig: GB disease surveillance and emerging threats report 2018
    • Animal and Plant Health Agency
    • Research
  3. Exotic and farmed species: GB disease surveillance and emerging threats reports, 2018
    • Animal and Plant Health Agency
    • Research
  4. Cattle: GB disease surveillance and emerging threats report 2018
    • Animal and Plant Health Agency
    • Research
  5. Avian: GB disease surveillance and emerging threats report 2018
    • Animal and Plant Health Agency
    • Research
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Policy papers and consultations

  1. Biodiversity net gain: updating planning requirements
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Open consultation
    • Closing date 10 February 2019
  2. Flamborough and Filey Coast potential Special Protection Area (pSPA) and Flamborough Head possible Special Area of Conservation (pSAC): consultation outcome
    • Natural England
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 14 April 2014
  3. Contingency plan for exotic notifiable diseases of animals in England
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
    • Policy paper
  4. A strategy for achieving Bovine Tuberculosis Free Status for England: 2018 review
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Policy paper
  5. Animal health and welfare framework (2018)
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
    • Policy paper
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Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. Animals in Science Regulation Unit annual report 2017
    • Animals in Science Committee
    • Corporate report
  2. Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Bodies (AWERB) subgroup: terms of reference
    • Animals in Science Committee
    • Transparency
  3. Project Licence Application (PLA) subgroup: terms of reference
    • Animals in Science Committee
    • Transparency
  4. Animals in Science Committee: members' register of interests
    • Animals in Science Committee
    • Transparency
  5. APHA regulatory and compliance policy
    • Closed organisation: Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency and Animal and Plant Health Agency
    • Corporate report
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