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# Animal Health and Welfare

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LAWS Project - Starter Kit - http://www.laws-project.org.uk
LAWS Project - Starter Kit - http://www.laws-project.org.uk
Tameside MBC - LAWS project - http://laws.tameside.gov.uk
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<h2>Environmental Services</h2><span class="gen">email address here</span><span class="gen">phone number here</span><span class="gen">sms phone number here</span><span class="gen">fax number here</span><span class="gen">minicom number here</span><p><i>There is a wide range of legislation in the UK designed to protect the health and welfare of both domesticated and wild animals.</i></p><hr/><p>Animal health and welfare legislation is enforced jointly by the Local Authority and the <strong>

<a href="http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/animindx.htm">Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)</a> </strong>, <span class="gen">link to external website</span> in association with other government bodies and independent organisations like the <a href="http://www.rspca.org.uk/"> <strong> RSPCA </strong> </a> . <span class="gen">link to external website</span> </p><h2>What the Local Authority do:</h2><p>Licensing of: </p><ul> <li title="*">Horse Riding Establishments </li> <li title="*">Dog Breeding Establishments</li> <li title="*">Animal Boarding Establishments</li> <li title="*">Dangerous Wild Animals</li> <li title="*">Animal Movements</li> </ul><h2>What Defra do: </h2><ul> <li title="*">National Animal Health and Welfare Strategy </li> <li title="*">Animal Welfare at Farms, Markets, Slaughterhouses</li> <li title="*">The Pet Travel Scheme</li> <li title="*">International Trade in Animals</li> <li title="*">Animal Diseases - Control and Surveillance, BSE, Tuberculosis, Scrapie, Foot and Mouth Disease </li> <li title="*">Animal by-products </li> <li title="*">Wildlife Conservation and Biodiversity</li> <li title="*">Wildlife Crime</li> </ul><p> <strong>Defra Helpline: </strong> 08459 33 55 77</p><span class="gen">email address here</span><span class="gen">phone number here</span><span class="gen">sms phone number here</span><span class="gen">fax number here</span><span class="gen">minicom number here</span><span class="gen">postal address here</span><h3> <a href="/ccm/services/pid.jsp?pid=788"> Providing Information (788) </a></h3>