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Letter from the Animal Sentience Committee to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee on the changes to bovine identification, registration and movement.
You need a licence to keep certain kinds of wild or dangerous animals: contact your council for more information
Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.
Employment Tribunal decision.
The CMA is opening a review of how veterinary services are bought and sold amid concerns that pet owners may not be getting a good deal or receiving the information they need to make good choices.
The CMA has today confirmed its decision to launch a market investigation into the veterinary sector and published tips to help pet owners struggling with vet costs now.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Seeking views on our proposals to ban the keeping of primates as pets and how this ban might be enforced.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
How to comply with the exemption from the Veterinary Medicines Regulations that allow certain animal medicines to be sold without a marketing authorisation.
Apply online to export a consignment of fewer than 6 pet birds like cockatoos, budgies, canaries, macaws and parrots, excluding poultry, to USA.
What to do if you’re about to be flooded and during flooding: who to contact, how to stay safe, how to report a problem.
What you need to do as a veterinarian after the transition period.
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