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Information on the legal responsibilities of people who own or care for domestic pets
Resources for reducing the risk of infection from handling raw pet foods.
Find out what you must do before you get a pet pig, how to register as a keeper and get a pig walking licence and what you can feed pet pigs.
Take your pet dog, cat or ferret abroad: getting a pet passport or export health certificate, microchip, vaccinations and tapeworm treatments.
Bringing pets into Great Britain: pet passports, Great Britain pet health certificates, microchipping, rabies vaccinations, travelling with assistance dogs.
Guidance and legislation covering pet welfare and animal cruelty.
How to prevent the introduction and spread of animal and bird disease by following good hygiene and biosecurity standards.
What you must do to bring your pet to the UK from Ukraine if you are seeking refuge.
How to care for animals on farms and at market in severe hot or cold weather, floods or drought.
Bring your pet to Great Britain - microchipping, pet passports, vaccinations
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.
Information on cryptosporidium including sources and routes of transmission, symptoms, and general hygiene advice to minimise the spread.
If you buy a pet dog or cat, it’s important that you make checks to help combat the illegal trade in pet animals.
What to do if you’re bringing your pet or pets to Great Britain: quarantine rules, documents you need, types of animal you can bring.
Rules for feeding, watering, prioritising, holding animals for slaughter, and the design and layout of a slaughterhouse.
How to get a licence to sell animals as pets, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
Animal by-products (ABPs) you can use to make pet food, how to provide samples, and how to package your products.
What you need to do if you find, own or look after a listed invasive non-native (alien) animal in England and Wales.
What pet owners need to do if their animal has suspected or confirmed bovine TB.
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