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Animal Welfare Regulations 2018

New laws relating to Animal Activity Licensing are now in force

The following types of businesses will now be covered under a single type of licence:

  • Selling animals as pets

  • Providing or arranging for the provision of boarding for cats or dogs

  • Hiring out horses

  • Breeding dogs

  • Keeping or training animals for exhibition

This will be known as an ‘Animal Activity Licence’ with new nationally set licence conditions.

Public Register 

DEFRA Guidance

Boarding for cats, Boarding for dogs,
Home boarding dogs, Day care for dogs

DEFRA Guidance - breeding dogs

Breeding dogs

DEFRA Guidance - keeping or training animals for exhibition

Training animals for exhibition

DEFRA Guidance - Hiring out horses

Hiring out horses

DEFRA Guidance - Selling animals as pets

Selling animals as pets

Animal Activity Licence Application

Animal Activity Licence Application

General Guidance

Guidance for Local Authorities

Fees

 24-25

Public Register

We maintain a register of all the animal activity licences we have granted.  If a business does not appear on the register please contact the licensing team.