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Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Guidance and regulatory advice on how to apply for licences issued under ASPA and how your compliance with ASPA and your licence conditions will be assessed.
How to manage tuberculosis (TB) in your non-bovine animals, when you can move them, and how to get compensation if you slaughter them.
How to get approval to transport pet cats, dogs and ferrets, and when you must transport assistance dogs with their owners.
Apply for a licence to import live animals (not pet dogs, cats and ferrets).
You must have a licence for your dog breeding establishment in order to breed dogs in Northern Ireland
What you need to do if you find, own or look after a listed invasive non-native (alien) animal in England and Wales.
It is now illegal to breed, sell, advertise, gift, exchange, and abandon these dogs or let them stray.
Extension to the neutering deadline for XL Bully dogs that were under seven months on the 31st January 2024
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
Approved free running explosive detection dogs for use in aviation security.
Take your pet dog, cat or ferret abroad: getting a pet passport or export health certificate, microchip, vaccinations and tapeworm treatments.
If you buy a pet dog or cat, it’s important that you make checks to help combat the illegal trade in pet animals.
Collection of guidance for importing live animals and animal products.
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
Advice to give pregnant women on infections that can be transmitted via contact with animals that are or have recently given birth.
How to import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.
How to unload, handle and hold animals at sites where animals not for human consumption are killed, and how the site must be designed.
Information about the ban on XL Bully dogs for owners, enforcement authorities, rescue centres and rehoming organisations, and vets.
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