Animal Welfare
Animal health and welfare legislation is enforced jointly by the
Local Authority and the Department for Environment, food and Rural
Affairs (Defra), in association with other government bodies
andindependent organisations like the RSPCA
What the Local Authority do:
Licensing of
What Defta do:
- National animal Health and Welfare Strategy
- Animal Welfare at Farms, Markets, Slaghterhouses
- The Pet Travel Scheme
- International Trade in Animals
- Animal Diseases - Control and Surveillance, BSE, Tuberculosis,
Scrapie, foot and Mouth Disease
- Animal by-products
- Wildlife Conservation and Biodiversity
- Wildlife Crime
Defra Helpline: 08459 335577
