Animal Health and Welfare
Please note that this service is not available from Stafford Borough Council. For further information please contact Staffordshire County Council using the contact details below.
Trading Standards
There is a wide range of legislation in the UK designed to protect the health and welfare of both domesticated and wild animals.
| Service ID: | 788 |
|---|---|
| email: | webmaster@staffordshire.gov.uk |
| telephone: | 01785 223121 |
| sms: | not available |
| fax: | 01785 215153 |
| complaints: | SCC Feedback Form |
For further information please contact the Staffordshire County Council Website at www.staffordshire.gov.uk
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 and independent organisations like the RSPCA.
What the Local Authority do:
Licensing of:
- Horse Riding Establishments
- Dog Breeding Establishments
- Animal Boarding Establishments
- Dangerous Wild Animals
- Animal Movements
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
Defra Helpline: 08459 33 55 77