Animal welfare means the individual protection of each animal, regardless of whether it is wild animals or animals kept in human care. It is about the animal-friendly handling and keeping as well as the protection of the animals during transport ...
The private keeping of dangerous animals requires approval in accordance with the regulations of the Hamburg Dangerous Animal Act. The animals that require a permit include various scorpions and spider species, armored lizards, lizards, giant and ...
If you keep animals or handle animals, you are obliged to inform the responsible department for consumer protection, trade and the environment immediately if you suspect an animal disease. Outside the usual reachability, the police must be informed.
Entrepreneurs who handle animal by-products must inform the competent authority before starting the activity and will be registered there accordingly, unless it is part of an activity of an approved company.
If you as a company want to treat animal by-products after their collection (sorting, cutting, cooling, freezing, salting, removing skins, fur or specific risk material), you must be authorized for this activity by the competent authority.
In some cases, you will need a permit to import animals and animal by-products, as well as goods that may be carriers of contagious substances. This primarily applies to samples and samples as well as pets.
If you want to keep, breed or use vertebrates or cephalopods for animal testing, or use their organs or tissue for scientific purposes, you need prior permission from the responsible authority.
Entrepreneurs who handle animal by-products must inform the competent authority before starting the activity and will be registered there accordingly, unless it is part of an activity of an approved company
The Animal Welfare Act is enforced in the seven district offices, the specialist office for consumer protection, trade and the environment, and the veterinary and food safety department. This includes, in particular, the issuing of permits in ...
If you want to carry out animal experiments, you need official approval before starting the experiment. In particular, interventions and treatments for experimental purposes on animals that can cause suffering or harm to the animals are to be ...
If animal testing takes place in your company, it is necessary to appoint a person as animal welfare officer and report this to the responsible authority.
Operators who transport animal by-products must inform the competent authority before commencing their activities and will be registered there accordingly, unless it is part of the activities of an approved establishment.
If you keep cattle, pigs, sheep, goats or horses, you must report your livestock to the Tierseuchenkasse Hamburg immediately. In the future, the current number of animals will be surveyed annually by the animal disease fund on the key date of March 1st.
You are required to pay a contribution to the animal health insurance fund in Hamburg for your livestock and you will be sent a notification of the annual contribution every year.
As a large company, you must notify an authorized person when slaughtering animals. Appointment of a person with authority to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Animal Welfare Act during slaughter
If you would like to keep bee colonies, solipeds, ratites, game enclosures, camelids or other cloven-hoofed animals, you must notify the responsible authority in writing.
If you want to sell animals, plants or products of a strictly protected species or use them commercially, you must first apply for a marketing permit from the responsible authority.
Are you bringing food or other animal products into the EU from a third country, or are you traveling with your pet from a third country? Do you trade in animal feed? Then the Veterinary and Import Office is the right contact.
You can receive financial support to prevent and combat damage caused by epizootics or other animal diseases, as well as for measures from monitoring and animal health programs.
You can receive financial support for cattle to detect damage caused by epizootics or other animal diseases at an early stage. This support also applies to measures to prevent, control, monitor and eradicate animal diseases.
If you want to operate a mobile X-ray device in connection with an application on animals in veterinary medicine or if this approved activity changes significantly, you must notify the responsible authority in order to obtain approval for this.
If you hold a dog or cat show or a similar event in an area with a risk of rabies or with animals from another country, you must report this to the relevant authority.
