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Export of livestock for slaughter and fattening will be banned under new legislation.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Report by the Laboratory Animal Science Association and Animal Procedures Committee on reporting data on scientific procedures on animals.
First published during the 2005 to 2010 Labour government
Information about the inspections of those travelling circuses that are still using wild animal acts.
Review of The Welfare of Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (England) Regulations 2012 after 5 years.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
The zero response to an FOI asking for reports of animal thefts made to the CNC
How to get a licence to keep animals for exhibition, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
How to import or move live animals and germinal products from the EU to Great Britain.
Apply online for an export health certificate (EHC) to export bovine animals, such as cattle, from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) to the EU or move them to Northern Ireland.
Webinars about what you can do to protect the health and welfare of animals you keep or work with from notifiable and reportable animal diseases.
The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 make new provision for the protection of animals used for experimental or other scientific purposes.
Regulatory Policy Committee opinion on DEFRA's Animal Welfare (Live Exports) Bill IA
A report by Ipsos MORI looking at the UK public’s attitudes to the use of animals in research.
Animal Health was a UK government executive agency primarily responsible for ensuring that farmed animals in Great Britain were healthy, disease-free and well looked after. It was merged with the Veterinary Laboratory Agency in 2011 to form the Animal Health...
Reports of salmonella in livestock, dogs, birds and wildlife in Great Britain.
Apply online for an export health certificate (EHC) to export Camelid and Cervid animals, such as camels, llamas, alpacas and deer from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) to the EU or move them to Northern Ireland.
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