Animal Welfare

Our Responsibilities

We have a duty to:

• Protect the health and welfare of animals at farms, in transit and at markets
• Protect the health and welfare of companion animals
• Prevent, control and eradicate animal diseases
• Ensure that animal movements can be traced to safeguard human and animal health from transmitted disease
• Ensure that feeding stuffs are produced, transported, stored and used hygienically
• Ensure that plants and animals destined for the food chain are protected from contamination which may harm human health.

From the 1st October 2008 we also deal with enquiries relating to the licencing of boarding kennels and catteries, dog breeding, riding stables, animals requiring a licence under the Dangerous Wild Animals Act and zoo licencing.

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Animal Health Inspectors

A general information leaflet on the role of an Animal Health Inspector is available from our offices, or may be downloaded as follows:

Information and advice leaflet ts_animalhealth.pdf

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Movement Licence Documents

Guidance on animal movements is available from the Welsh Assembly Government website. The website also gives information about identification, tagging and registration requirements.

Animal movement licence documents are available to download from the Welsh Assembly Government Website.

Agricultural Shows

A guidance leaflet has been produced for show organisers and those taking livestock to shows.

Notes for Show Secretaries show_secretary_notes.pdf

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Further information

Further information and advice is available by contacting the Trading Standards licensing office:

Tel: 01874 624704

Fax: 01874 611789

General information is also available from the following:

Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

National Helpline: 0845 0504141

Welsh Assembly Government

Caernarfon office:  01286 674144

Carmarthen office: 01267 225300

Llandrindod Wells office: 01597 823777

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