Closed consultation

Changes to the rules on bringing pets into Great Britain

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
21 August 2021
This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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Summary

We are seeking your views on our proposed changes to the rules around the movement of pets into Great Britain.

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Consultation description

We want to know what you think about our proposed changes to the rules around the movement of pets into Great Britain. This includes the rules around bringing pet animals such as cats, dogs, and ferrets into Great Britain to sell, be rehomed or where there is a transfer of ownership.

Our current proposals are to:

  • increase the minimum age that dogs can be moved into Great Britain from 15 weeks to 6 months
  • ban the movement of dogs which have been subjected to mutilations, such as ear cropping or tail docking, into Great Britain
  • ban the movement of dogs more than 42 days pregnant into Great Britain

We also want to hear your views on:

  • changes to the detention and rehoming process
  • proposed new penalties for breaching the rules
  • whether the proposals should be extended to cover cats and ferrets

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