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 ...
If you keep vertebrates of specially protected species, you must notify the competent authority of the start or end of keeping or of any changes to the stock.
You want to carry out an action that harms protected wild animals, plants or nature and landscapes. You may need a special permit or exemption from nature conservation prohibitions.
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 ...
