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Animal health and welfare licences

How to apply for a range of animal health and welfare licences, including cat and dog boarding, dog breeding, keeping exotic, dangerous or wild animals, moving animals, performing animals, animals in pet shops, keeping primates, riding establishments and zoos.

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Animal health and welfare licences

We offer a range of animal health and welfare licences you can apply for:

Enforcing animal health and welfare legislation

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.

Licensing Department

Our licensing department provide licensing, investigate complaints and enforcement on:

  • dog and cat boarding establishments 
  • dog day care establishments
  • dog breeding establishments
  • persons or business which keep or train animals for exhibition (including performing animals)
  • pet shops establishments
  • horse riding establishments
  • persons or businesses who keep exotic. Dangerous or wild animals
  • persons or businesses which Primates
  • zoos
  • animal welfare 

Download the latest animal licensing register below.

Animal licensing register (PDF, 138.65KB)

Trading Standards

Our Trading Standards service provide advice and enforcement on:

  • animal movements
  • zoos
  • animal by-products
  • animal welfare
  • illegal landings of pets at Luton Airport for prevention of rabies
  • animal diseases outbreak in conjunction with Defra
  • the pet travel scheme

Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 

Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) provides advice and enforcement on: 

  • National Animal Health and Welfare Strategy
  • animal welfare at farms, markets and slaughterhouses 
  • The Pet Travel Scheme
  • international trade in animals 
  • animal diseases - control and surveillance, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), tuberculosis, scrapie, foot and mouth disease 
  • animal by-products 
  • wildlife conservation and biodiversity 
  • wildlife crime

For more information, contact Defra.

Website: contact Defra online

Contact information

Licensing 
Email: licensing@luton.gov.uk 
Telephone: 01582 546040
Telephone lines are on Monday to Friday 10am to 12pm and 1pm to 3pm

Trading Standards 
Email: tradingstandards@luton.gov.uk