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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.
Extension to the neutering deadline for XL Bully dogs that were less than 7 months old on the 31 January 2024
Fill in this form to agree with APHA how you'll work with an airport in England, Scotland or Wales to carry assistance dogs with their owners.
Report your missing or lost dog to the council's dog warden service
Check the tariff classification for stuffed toys.
The local council must keep public areas like parks, playgrounds and pavements clear of dog mess - report a dog fouling problem to the local council
From 31 December 2023 breeding, selling, advertising, rehoming, abandoning and allowing an XL Bully dog to stray will be illegal.
It is now illegal to breed, sell, advertise, gift, exchange, and abandon these dogs or let them stray.
Information on Brucella canis (B. canis) for the general public, owners of imported dogs, and dog breeders.
UK Chief Vet urges owners to take all necessary steps to ensure they are complying with the law
Forty programmers demonstrated how AI-enabled robotic dogs could carry out potentially dangerous tasks that would otherwise be undertaken by Army bomb disposal experts at the Defence AI Centre (DAIC) sponsored Hackathon on 7 to 9 November.
A 'pack' of robotic 'dogs' have been harnessed to help Dounreay with monitoring work on site.
If you find a stray dog and cannot contact the owner, you must report it to the council
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
Collection of guidance for importing live animals and animal products.
From 1 August 2024, it will be an offence to keep an XL Bully dog in Scotland unless you have a certificate of exemption.
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