Animal movement licensing
Any person keeping or wanting to keep the following animals:
- Cattle
- Sheep and goats
- Pigs
must apply to the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs (DEFRA) for a holding number. When this number is received
the animals can be moved onto or off the premises via the method
described on the DEFRA
website (external link).
All movements are controlled by general license. In addition to
the general license, deer, sheep and goats must be accompanied by a
form AML1 and pigs by a form AML2. These need to filled in
triplicate. One copy to be retained by the owner of the animals,
two copies to the person buying the animals, one of which should be
forwarded to his Local Authority. These can be obtained from us or
downloaded from the DEFRA website.
If you have a query regarding the movement of animals or would
like any of the above forms please contact us.