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The Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 aims to ensure that where private individuals keep dangerous wild animals, they do so in circumstances which create no risk to the public and which safeguard the welfare of the animals. The Council has statutory duties to licence certain activities and services that involve the keeping, selling, boarding, displaying or hiring out of animals. These are:
The keeping of any animal controlled by the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976.
Exhibiting to the public wild animals for more than seven consecutive days in any twelve-month period.
This ensures that legal standards are met for animal safety and welfare and, in some cases, for the safety of the public.