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07-07-2008, 01:54 PM
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Is this all there is to DWA?
Hello,
I spoke to my local council and vets and asked about DWA, i am having the vet come round i think to check out the room in which a DWA would be kept (referring to venomous snakes). They said basically i fill in the application, get the vet to check the place out and advise and thats about it. I asked about PLI and they said my council didnt require it for granting a license on snakes. So long as warning signs and envenoming protocols are kept. Should there not be more to it? The council guy i spoke to also knows the guy who I know sells venomous snakes such as puff adders and cobras in his shop. (he refuses to sell them to people without DWA and takes a copy of the license when he sells them to you, so he isnt irresponsible). He told me that once I have the license i can buy the snakes, thats all that I need to do. Im sure there should be more than just the above? cheers Rob
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07-07-2008, 01:58 PM
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Some areas are a lot more easier than others, if that's what your council tells you, then that's what it is!
I'm suprised about the PLI and I'd recommend getting it anyway to be honest.. My council requires you to be specific about the species of DWA you intend to keep and you have to speak to the council if you want to add another species, but I know that there are quite a few councils that still don't do this. Some require "proof" of mentoring or knowledge/experience, others simply don't. Looks like you got the postcode lottery of an easy area to be honest! How much is your DWA out of interest? (It's just shy of £500 here)
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07-07-2008, 02:13 PM
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07-07-2008, 02:14 PM
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Yeah ive been keeping and handling snakes e.t.c for a long time, i just never had a particularly large collection more due to size of house e.t.c
But yeah it does look like iv got a good postcode lottery lol. The license is £142.50 and the vet coming to inspect is £200 so in total £342.50 Theyre sending me the forms in the post. Its probably not that bad either cos they havent had a new DWA app for over 2 years round here, we dont have a particularly high population density in the rural village i live in lol. Rob
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07-07-2008, 02:16 PM
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Oh and i forgot to add, i mentioned the separate license for each species but he said if its reptiles i can keep them all on one license and if its others such as big cats e.t.c i need a separate one.
So basically one for reps and one for mammals. Thats it. This is the point of the thread really, im surprised there is so little to it in my area thats what Im saying. Rob
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07-07-2008, 02:18 PM
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I know round here it's £185 for the licence, £150 for the vet and PLI is required, that's it. No proof of mentoring required. All you have to do is phone them up and say "oh, I've got DWA, I've just bought one of these too, k, thanks bye"
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out soapbox) That's why the DWA license is such a pile of poo! No standardisation of requirements, no standardisation of fees, sometimes the issuing council don't have the first idea of what is actually required and rely on the prosective owner to effectively write their own protocol for license issue.
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