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Explains the laws that protect domestic animals, and the rules about keeping wild animals.

Explains how the Animal Welfare Act gives animals more protection.

It’s against the law to neglect or be cruel to an animal that’s kept as a pet. Explains your responsibilities if you look after a pet animal.

Grieving for the loss of a pet can be a sad and difficult experience. The Pet Bereavement Support Service (PBSS) offers support and understanding to bereaved pet owners through a national network of trained volunteer telephone and email befrienders.

Includes the laws about dangerous dogs, worrying livestock, stray dogs, and guard dogs.

Explains that it's against the law to let a dog be dangerously out of control and that some dogs are banned. Links to sections on banned dogs, dog control orders, dog fouling and how to report a dangerous dog or dog fouling.

Explains what you need to do to bring your pet to Great Britain, including information on pet passports and microchiping.

All horses, ponies and donkeys must have a horse passport. Includes information about why they are necessary. Links to information about how to get one and when you need to use it.

Explains the controls which you must comply with before you import any non-native animal into Great Britain. Covers quarantine, endangered species, keeping dangerous wild animals, and the disposal or release of such animals.

Information on rabies quarantine in the United Kingdom for dogs, cats and ferrets and other animals that are susceptible to rabies.