Animal licences

You need a licence from us to carry out certain licensable activities involving selling, boarding, hiring out or keeping animals. Find out more here. 

Certain wild animals are considered dangerous by law so to keep these animals legally as pets you will need a licence from us.

The law requires the inspection and licensing of all zoos in the UK to ensure that where animals are kept in enclosures, they have a suitable environment.

Keepers of primates must be licensed and only those able to provide zoo-level welfare standards will be able to keep primates.