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The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Scotland) Regulations 2021: guidance for rabbit breeders
This guidance applies in Scotland only, and is issued by the Scottish Ministers to provide details of the requirements of the new Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Scotland) Regulations 2021, in relation to rabbit breeding.
Section 2: Summary of criteria and thresholds for licensing
Under the Regulations any person in Scotland breeding 6 or more litters of rabbits in any 12 month period must be licensed. The requirement to be licensed applies regardless of whether the breeder sells or otherwise supplies a rabbit as a pet to another person. The requirement to be licensed as a rabbit breeder does not apply where a person is breeding rabbits for the purposes of its consumption or in the course of commercial meat production.
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Email: Animal.Health@gov.scot
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