Animal health and welfare
There are laws 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 and Rural
Affairs (Defra), along with other government bodies and independent
organisations like the RSPCA.
What we do:
- Licensing of horse riding establishments
- Dog breeding establishments
- Animal boarding establishments
- Dangerous wild animals
- Animal movements.
What Defra do:
- Diseases - Control and Surveillance, Avian Influenza (bird
flu), BSE, Tuberculosis, Scrapie, Foot and Mouth Disease
- National Animal Health and Welfare Strategy
- Animal Welfare at Farms, Markets, Slaughterhouses
- The Pet Travel Scheme
- International Trade in Animals
- Animal by-products
- Wildlife Conservation and Biodiversity
- Wildlife Crime