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Animal Keeping

There are 62 services for Animal Keeping

Acceptance of character tests Admission
Persons who take the character test require prior approval in accordance with § 13 paragraph 1 sentence 3 of the Lower Saxony Act on the Keeping of Dogs (NHundG).
Acceptance of character tests Notification of admission requirements
If the admission requirements for the acceptance of essential tests are no longer met, this must be communicated to the competent authority in accordance with Section 13 (3)...
Animal Welfare Officer Appointment
Each institution needs one or more animal welfare officers if you would like to carry out animal experiments on vertebrates or cephalopods. breed or keep vertebrates or...
Animal by-products: collection, transport and traceability - Registration
All operators wishing to transport animal by-products or their derived products are subject to the registration obligation in principle in accordance with Regulation (EC) No...
Animal enclosure display
The construction, extension, substantial modification and operation of animal enclosures must be notified. No need to display Animal enclosures which do not exceed a floor...
Animal welfare
Animal welfare means the individual protection of every animal, whether it is wild or in human care. It is a question of animal welfare, the protection of animals during...
Animals
In particular, the requirements on the protection of animals during transport ("EU Animal Welfare Transport Regulation") must be observed for the carrying of animal transport....
Apply for permission for an embryo collection or semen collection centre
If you want to operate an embryo collection unit or an insemination centre in the field of animal breeding, you need a permit.
Apply for proof of competence in the regular stunning or killing of vertebrate animals carried out professionally or commercially
The killing and related activities may only be carried out by persons who have the necessary knowledge and skills (expertise).
Appointment of an authorised person responsible for compliance with the requirements of the Animal Welfare Act Obligation
If, as a slaughterhouse, you slaughter at least 50 livestock units per week or provide workers who feed, stun or bleed animals for slaughter, you must designate a responsible...
Appointment of an authorised person responsible for compliance with the requirements of the Animal Welfare Act and the Animal Welfare Slaughter Ordinance
If, as a slaughterhouse, you slaughter at least 50 livestock units per week or provide workers who feed, stun or bleed animals for slaughter, you must appoint to the competent...
Authorisation for breeding, keeping and trading in animals Granted to parakeets and parrots
You want to keep parrots or parakeets to raise offspring with the animals or to trade with the animals? Then you need an animal welfare permit before starting your activity. You...
Avian flu
Avian influenza is an animal disease that can occur in poultry, especially chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, but also in other poultry, swans and other wild birds. The official...
Beekeeping and keeping Promotion
The Land of Lower Saxony and the Free and Hanseatic City of Bremen, with the financial contribution of the European Communities, are providing grants to improve the production...
Certificate of expertise on the keeping of broiler chickens Exhibition
Broilerchickens may only be kept by those who are in possession of a valid certificate of expertise from the competent authority (certificate of expertise).
Commercial dog keeping
The breeding and keeping of dogs for commercial purposes, e.g. for sale, is referred to as commercial dog keeping.
Commercial dog keeping permission
Anyone wishing to breed or keep dogs on a commercial basis needs permission from the competent authority.
Commercial keeping, breeding, display, use or trade of animals: permit
A permit is required for the commercial keeping, breeding, display, use of animals and trade in animals. To the extent necessary for the protection of the animals, the permit...
Commercial livestock trade: Advertisement
Who trade in livestock on a commercial basis or transporting livestock on a commercial or commercial basis as part of the labour-sharing livestock production, or wants to...
Conclusion of liability insurance for dog owners
From 1 July 2011, new legal provisions on the keeping of a dog will apply. Anyone who lives in Lower Saxony and keeps one or more dogs will need liability insurance for these...
Dog husbandry
Dog husbandry refers to rearing, training, care, feeding of dogs and general coexistence with them as pets.
Dog keeping Examination Expertise of the owner
Dog owners must have proof of expertise (dog driving licence) from 1 July 2013. The examination of the subject matter can be taken by the competent authority. Anyone who has...
Dog keeping deregistration
The posture of a dog must be unregistered at Abandoning dog husbandry Delivery of the dog Death of the dog Loss of the dog Removal of the dog owner The deregistration...
Dog keeping registration
Every dog owner is obliged to register his dog. The obligation to notify is regulated in detail in the respective municipal statutes. This provides for a notification...
Dog register
Since 01.07.2013 every dog older than 6 months must be registered in the central dog register of Lower Saxony. In the central register, the information of the dog owners about...
Dog register Registration
Registration can be made by post, telephone or online. A notification has already been made in other registers, such as TASSO, is not considered to be a registration in the...
Dog register change due to move
The change of the owner's address must be communicated to the competent authority during dog keeping. This is possible online or by form.
Dog register deregistration due to abandonment of dog keeping
The task of keeping dogs must be communicated to the competent authority. This can be done online or by form.
Dog register deregistration due to dog's death
If a dog reported to the dog register dies, this must be notified to the competent authority. You can unsubscribe online or by form.
Dog register deregistration due to loss of dog
In the event of loss of a dog registered in the dog register, this shall be notified to the competent authority. This can be done online or by form.
Dog tax fixing
The dog tax is fixed by the competent authority.
Exemption for fishing and fish stocking: grant
The Lower Saxony Fisheries Act (Nds. FischG), the Lower Saxony Internal Fientry Ordinance (BiFischO ND) and the Lower Saxony Coastal Fisheries Regulations (NKüFischO) regulate...
Feed control
Feed is the most important agricultural inputs in Germany, with a value of around EUR 10 billion. The demand for feed is about 66 million tonnes per year, which is about 8 times...
Feeding experiments for the further development of additives - Authorisation of exceptions
If you wish to carry out limited-time scientific tests for the further development of additives with feeding tests, you need the approval of the competent body for feeding tests.
Fish farming (EU authorisation) - Declaration of disease-free for aquaculture farms
The Fish Disease Ordinance provides for the possibility of declaring the disease-free regime for aquaculture farms or zones in which several aquaculture holdings are located. ...
Hoof fittings
If you have the following concerns in the field of hoof fittings, please contact the responsible body: Testing of hoof fitting scarforgings, Certification Issuance of...
House slaughter
Slaughter is a slaughter outside commercial slaughterhouses, whereby the meat may be used exclusively in the owner's own household. Meat production for other persons is a...
IED inspection of animal husbandry facilities: implementation - on-site inspections
The European Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control), or IED or IE Directive ,, regulates the authorisation, operation and...
Identification number for holdings for keeping laying hens: Communication
Since 1 January 2004, only eggs from a laying hen barn for which a registration number (producer code) has been issued and which are marked with this corresponding producer code...
Implanting identification chips in dogs
The identification chips are implanted by the competent authority. The data about the dog and the owner are recorded on the chip. This information shall be compiled in the...
Imports, transits, exports and intra-Community movements under animal health and food legislation: authorisation
For import, transit and, in some cases, for export and intra-Community movements of animals and animal products in accordance with Paragraph 1 of the Intra-Community Movement...
Improving animal welfare
Animal welfare is essentially geared to good health and animal-friendly behaviour. By introducing or maintaining particularly animal-friendly farming methods of farm animals,...
Improving animal welfare Promotion
The EPICK Rural Development Programme (PFEIL) is the first time in Lower Saxony that support for voluntary services to improve animal welfare has been offered since 2015. There...
Indication of the commercial attitude of game dissent
You want to keep and breed animals of wild species in game enclosures? Do you carry out your activities independently, on schedule, on and with the intention of making a profit?...
Interventions and treatments on animals for the production or production of substances: Display
Interventions or treatments for the production, extraction, storage or propagation of substances, products or organisms which are associated with pain, suffering or damage in...
Keeping dangerous dogs permission
A permit is required for the keeping of a dangerous dog. The law restricting the movement or importation of dangerous dogs into the country (HundVerbrEinfG) established a ban...
Livestock event supra-regional
Events under the Livestock Ordinance with nationwide or international participation (cattle exhibitions, cattle markets and similar events) are to be held by the organiser at...
Marketing livestock and meat
In the field of livestock and meat, the inspectors of the competent body shall inspect, first and foremost, the slaughterhouses and the holdings acting on animals for slaughter....
Organic farming: EU eco-law - exemptions
Regulation (EC) 889/2008 contains implementing provisions for Basic Regulation (EC) 834/2007 regulating the requirement for labelling with reference to organic farming when...
Persons or bodies for the acceptance of competence tests for dog owners Notification of no recognition requirements
If the recognition requirements for the acceptance of proficiency tests are no longer met, this must be reported to the competent authority in accordance with § 3 paragraph 5...
Persons or bodies for the acceptance of competence tests for dog owners Recognition
Persons or bodies that take the proficiency tests prescribed by the Lower Saxony Act on the Keeping of Dogs (NHundG) require prior recognition to prove the knowledge and skills...
Persons or bodies for the acceptance of expert examinations by dog owners
The acceptance of expert examinations may only be carried out by authorised persons and bodies.
Pet keeping: Notification - particularly protected species
Anyone who keeps vertebrates of the specially protected species as pets must report arrivals and departures from the beginning of the holding. Particularly protected species...
Poultry production monitoring
In order to facilitate trade, there are marketing standards for poultry meat. They are intended to make the market more transparent. They apply to certain categories of poultry...
Producer group Recognition as an association
Agricultural organisations can be recognised on request.
Registration with the Chamber of Veterinary Surgeons
All veterinarians practicing the profession in Lower Saxony are required to be admitted to the competent authority.The same applies to non-working veterinarians, provided that...
Sale and marketing of animals of specially protected species: authorisation
A number of animals and plants of the specially protected species require a marketing authorisation for a sale (including exchange) or any other use for consideration. This...
Slaughter: Carrying out - official ante-mortem inspection
If you are slaughtering animals whose meat is intended for human consumption, you must have the animals officially examined before and after slaughter. This concerns: Cattle ...
Start of the activity of a breeding organisation based and recognised in other EU countries: advertisement
Breeding organisations which are recognised in an EU Member State or Contracting State under Community law and wish to operate in Germany must notify the competent authority...
Trade in semen, ova, embryos and monkeys: EU authorisation
For intra-Community trade in Semen, embryos and ova of bovine animals, pigs, horses, sheep and goats Monkeys and semi-monkeys you need an approval.
Travelling with pets
If you want to take your pet (pet) with you when travelling abroad or want to import a pet purchased abroad to Germany, you have to observe various regulations. Travelling...
Zoo: Approval
Zoos are permanent facilities where animals of wild species are kept for display for a period of at least seven days a year. Do not consider zoo: Circus Animal shops, ...

Top 10 Services

Soil benchmark card - extract/information
Exchange of an old driver's license into a new driver's license
Church Resignation Declaration
Motor vehicle re-registration
Apply for child benefit
Apply for a change of tax brackets during marriage or civil partnership
Dog tax fixing
Apply for an identity card
Educational and participation services for children, adolescents and young adults Provision of
Children's passport exhibition

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