Environmental Servicesemail address herephone number heresms phone number herefax number hereminicom number hereThere is a wide range of legislation in the UK designed to protect the health and welfare of both domesticated and wild animals.
Animal health and welfare
legislation is enforced jointly by the Local Authority and the
Department
for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
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the
RSPCA
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What the Local Authority do:
Licensing of:
- Horse Riding Establishments
- Dog Breeding Establishments
- Animal Boarding Establishments
- Dangerous Wild Animals
- Animal Movements
What Defra do:
- National Animal Health
and Welfare Strategy
- Animal Welfare at Farms,
Markets, Slaughterhouses
- The Pet Travel Scheme
- International Trade
in Animals
- Animal Diseases -
Control and Surveillance, BSE, Tuberculosis, Scrapie, Foot and Mouth Disease
- Animal by-products
- Wildlife Conservation
and Biodiversity
- Wildlife Crime
Defra Helpline:
08459 33 55
77
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