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Before you buy a pet cat or dog, make checks to avoid the illegal trade in pet animals, and know how to report concerns.

• Updated: 4 December 2025

What you must do to bring your pet to the UK from Ukraine if you are seeking refuge.

• Updated: 30 March 2023

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.

• Overview

  You must follow certain rules to bring your pet to Great Britain (England,…

• If you’re travelling from an EU country

  You must write a statement (called a ‘declaration’) to say that your pet:…

• If you’re travelling from outside the EU

  You must have an import licence to bring any pet animal that is not a dog,…

• Check if you need to follow extra rules

  Depending on the type of pet you’re bringing, you may have to follow extra…

• Endangered species

  You need to apply for a permit or certificate if you’re bringing a pet…

• Help and advice

  To check the exact rules for your pet, contact the Centre for…

Use this certificate to bring your pet dog, cat or ferret, or assistance dog, to Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland).

The CDEI has published a beta version of its PETs adoption guide, which is an interactive tool designed to aid decision-making around the use of PETs in data-driven projects.

• Updated: 14 July 2021

Bring your pet to Great Britain - microchipping, pet passports, vaccinations

What you need to do if you find, own or look after a listed invasive non-native (alien) animal in England and Wales.

• Updated: 13 June 2025

Advice and guidance on protecting animal welfare.

• Updated: 23 May 2024

Report a dead or injured animal such as a badger, fox or domestic pet found on the road

From 7 October 2025, dogs commercially imported from Romania must have a negative Brucella canis test result. Find out how to send samples to Great Britain for testing.

• Updated: 6 October 2025