Animal welfare

Guidance and services

• Welfare of animals during transport: advice for transporters of pigs
  Follow these rules when transporting pigs for commercial reasons.
• Welfare of animals during transport: training requirements for transporters
  Transporters, market and assembly centre staff must be trained according to these standards.
• Welfare of animals during transport: advice for transporters of cattle
  Follow these rules when transporting cattle for commercial reasons.
• Welfare of animals during transport: advice for transporters of poultry
  Follow these rules when transporting poultry for commercial reasons.
• Welfare of animals during transport: apply for transporter authorisation
  You must be authorised to transport animals over 65km (around 40 miles) for commercial reasons.
• Welfare of animals during transport: control posts
  The standards for places used to rest animals (control posts) when the maximum journey time is reached.
• Welfare of animals during transport: advice for transporters of sheep
  Follow these rules when transporting sheep for commercial reasons.
• Welfare of animals during transport: advice for transporters of equines
  Follow these rules when transporting horses, ponies, donkeys or mules for commercial reasons.
• Welfare of animals during transport: summary of requirements
  Includes animals that cannot be transported and transporter requirements.
• Animal welfare establishments: code of best practice
  Guidance to help animal welfare establishments follow the law on the welfare of vulnerable animals.
• Welfare of animals during transport: fitness to transport
  Guidance to help you follow the law on ensuring animals are fit to travel.
• Welfare of animals during transport: road vehicle and trailer specification (livestock)
  Follow this guidance on the law for the design, construction and maintenance of vehicles used to transport livestock.
• Welfare of animals during transport: advice for transporters of goats
  Follow these rules when transporting goats for commercial reasons.
• Welfare of animals during transport: shipping by sea
  Guidance on the law for everyone involved in shipping farm animals and horses on a livestock carrier.
• Caring for farm animals and horses in extreme weather
  Animal keepers have a duty of care to their animals.
• Welfare of animals during transport: shipping by sea in a container
  Guidance on the law for everyone involved in shipping farm animals and horses by sea in a container.
• Welfare of animals during transport: road vehicle and trailer specification (other vertebrates)
  Guidance on the law for vehicles used to transport vertebrates other than cattle, sheep, goats and pigs.
• Welfare of animals during transport: shipping by sea on a ferry
  Guidance on the law for everyone involved in shipping farm animals and horses in a vehicle on a ferry.
• Welfare of animals during transport: road vehicle and trailer specification (poultry)
  Follow this guidance on the law for the design, construction and maintenance of vehicles used to transport poultry.

Policy and background Includes strategy, reports, projects and assessments.

• Farm Animal Welfare Committee (FAWC) Opinion on the Welfare of Animals in Transport report: our response
  Report
  Our response to the review by the FAWC into the protection of animal welfare during transport.
• Animal Welfare Plan for Wales 2021 to 2026
  Policy and strategy
  Sets out how we will build on the progress made on animal welfare since powers were devolved in 2006.