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If you buy a pet dog or cat, it’s important that you make checks to help combat the illegal trade in pet animals.
Bringing pets into Great Britain: pet passports, Great Britain pet health certificates, microchipping, rabies vaccinations, travelling with assistance dogs.
These rules apply to Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland). There…
The rules for bringing your pet cat, dog or ferret into Great Britain…
Which pet travel documents you need will depend on where you’re travelling…
You must get your pet microchipped before, or at the same time as, their…
You must get your dog, cat or ferret vaccinated against rabies before it…
A vet must treat your dog for tapeworm and record it in the pet passport…
People with assistance dogs can: travel on more routes than people with…
You can only use certain travel routes and companies to enter Great…
You cannot bring more than 5 pets to Great Britain (England, Wales and…
When you arrive in Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland), your pet’s…
Contact the Pet Travel helpline if you need more information about pet…
The CMA has won an important legal challenge in the High Court after the CAT refused to grant it a domestic search warrant as part of a cartel investigation.
Product Safety Report for Cat pillow plush sold via Amazon presenting a serious risk of suffocation.
How to get your dog or cat fitted with a microchip: when to get it done, who can do it, how to update your details, what to do when getting a dog or cat
Take your pet dog, cat or ferret abroad: getting a pet passport or export health certificate, microchip, vaccinations and tapeworm treatments.
Product Safety Report for VSSHE Cat Toy Laser Pen presenting a high risk of injuries and damage to sight.
When your pet must go in quarantine, how to book a pet carrier and quarantine premises, and how to get your pet released from quarantine.
How to apply for a licence to offer boarding for cats and dogs, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
Product Safety Report for Scatter Cushion presenting a medium risk of suffocation and fire.
Product recall for A Bag Of Rabbit, Dog, Hamster, Cat and Avocado Pudding Dolls sold via AliExpress presenting a serious chemical risk and a risk of choking.
Change to the information provided on adverse events in the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC).
Apply for a licence to import live animals (not pet dogs, cats and ferrets).
National Highway’s full business case for the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvements scheme.
Bring your pet to Great Britain - microchipping, pet passports, vaccinations
Cat owner concerns: flea and tick spot-on products
Animal bites and pasteurella infections information for healthcare staff.
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export pets to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man
This Code of Practice (the Code) applies to all cats.
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