Importation of animals
North Yorkshire County Council is responsible for
monitoring the welfare of livestock in transit and whilst at
market, licensing the movement of animals and recording the
movements of sheep and pigs.
For further information, please contact the Animal Health Team
at North Yorkshire County Council on 0845 330 1221 or email
tsanimal.health@northyorks.gov.uk. or
visit the North Yorkshire County Council website.
Pet Travel Scheme
The importatrion rules require that pets imported into the
United Kingdom (
UK
) are
quarantined in Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(
DEFRA
) approved
facilities for six months in order to keep the UK free from rabies
and certain other diseases. However, there are some exemptions to
these rules under a scheme called the Pet Travel Scheme
(
PETS).
PETS allows pet dogs (including guide and hearing dogs), cats
and ferrets from designated countries to enter the UK without
quarantine as long as they meet the scheme rules. The scheme
also means that UK residents can take their pets to the designated
countries and return to the UK without quarantine.
The PETS rules include a requirement to have pets vaccinated
for rabies and to have a pet passport.
Please visit the DEFRA website for more detailed
information.