Animal health and welfare
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 the
council and the
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), in
association with other government bodies and independent
organisations such as the (RSPCA)
Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
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
Useful numbers
Animal Health - (01226) 772468
Defra Helpline - 08459 33 55 77
RSPCA - 08705 555999