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Information on the legal responsibilities of people who own or care for domestic pets
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.
Guidance and legislation covering pet welfare and animal cruelty.
Information for British citizens moving to or living in Denmark, including guidance on residency, passports and travel, and working.
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
Bringing pets into Great Britain: pet passports, Great Britain pet health certificates, microchipping, rabies vaccinations, travelling with assistance dogs.
Take your pet dog, cat or ferret abroad: getting a pet passport or export health certificate, microchip, vaccinations and tapeworm treatments.
Bring your pet to Great Britain - microchipping, pet passports, vaccinations
What pet owners need to do if their animal has suspected or confirmed bovine TB.
Reforms will help reunite thousands of lost or stolen animals every year and deter pet theft
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.
It will no longer be possible to keep primates as household pets in environments that fail to provide for their needs
New measures will close existing loopholes exploited by unscrupulous breeders and traders
Apply for a licence to import live animals (not pet dogs, cats and ferrets).
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.
Information to help you answer your query before you contact us.
How to manage a temporary storage facility, how to handle goods, what records to keep, how to increase the size of, or move goods between facilities.
How to comply with the exemption from the Veterinary Medicines Regulations that allow certain animal medicines to be sold without an authorisation.
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