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There is a wide range of legislation in the UK designed to protect the health and welfare of both domesticated and wild animals.

Animal health and welfare legislation is enforced jointly by South Derbyshire District Council, Trading Standards (part of the county council) and the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

What the county council do:

Licensing of:

• Horse riding establishments 
• Dog breeding establishments
• Animal boarding establishments
• Dangerous wild animals
• Pet shop licensing
• Zoo licences

What Defra do : 

• National animal health and welfare strategy 
• Animal welfare at farms, markets, slaughterhouses 
• 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

What Trading Standards do:

• Protect the welfare of animals on farms, during transport and at market
• Prevent, control and eradicate animal diseases
• Safeguard human health from diseases which may be transmitted from animals

Neighbouring authorities

Derby City

Derby City Council - Trading Standards

Neighbouring counties

Leicestershire County Council - Trading Standards
Staffordshire County Council - Trading Standards

For further information and helpful links, return to our Trading Standards page

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