Hi Guys,
soemthing just occured to me and i was wondering...
I know to keep a dwa animal you have to get a license for that particular animal [if thats wrong, please say]
I also think i know that if you have a pet shop license that can include dwa...assuming thats not specific to per animal.

but what if you have to move a dwa?
say if soemone was fo rinstance..i dunno... abusing a rattlesnake... what would who need to be able to take it?

or like to transport a dwa?

would it have to be the dwa that come swith a pet shop license? that being asked.. is it called a "general dwa license"?

if you import a dwa..or number of...do you have to get a specific list of what is coming? and get a license for each?
if under pet shop one... would it then change if you were to then keep one long term? [or a number]

maybe yourd have to get specific license fo rsaid animal before it could leave pet shop licenced premises?

Just wondering and hoped soemone may have a good general knowledge and be able to put it in simple english fairly easily.

Ta.

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May understanding is that you can transport and more DWA animals for a period of either 24 or 48 hours without having either a DWA or petshop liscence, tho they must be securly contained and insured.

May be wronge tho.

You do not have to have a specific liscence for each animals but one liscence can be upgraded to include a selection of animals so long as you can prove you have adaquate accomditation.

then again i may be wrong.

Ask DarkDan he's very knwledagable on the subject

jay

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keeper of:lizards, geckos, snakes, beetles and other insects

i was under the impression you could get a license for multiples... as you can imagien if a dwa license is say 200quid a year...and u kept 50 animals...thats totally harsh..but i was told that you still have to have one for each [small discount] but i am happy to believe that was missinformation...

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what you mean for insurance? my insurance certificate just says up to 5 snakes, then its £50 per snake for others or £450 for up to 25 and so on. as for petshop licenses they all work differently some people are allowed to keep a certain amount of venomous regardless of what they are, others have to regularly tell the council what has been going in and out, my insurance certificate just says up to 5 snakes.

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what about the license itself? is it each individual reptile has its own license?
or is it just the person has a license to keep dwa and then its just insurance as you mentioned above?

ITS JUST IVE HEARD PEOPLE WHO APPLY FOR A LICENSE FOR A SPECIFIC REPTILE HAVE TO THEN DO THIS AND THAT ETC. [sorry caps just noticed] based on for that specific animal which is what has lead me to assume you have a seperate license for each animal]

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it depends some councils are not as strict as others, some peoples licenses say 5 pitvipers or vipers or elapids which is pretty open, where as others you have to name every individual species on the license, mines very strict, but some people I know in the next counties are much more leniant, my license is one piece of paper with the scientific names of the species I keep on it.

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right, so does the license price change depending on whats on it? or is the license one set price? and its just all about details and keeping the council informed to which degree that varies?

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one set price, although all councils can make up whatever price they want.

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yeh thats cool.
so having a dwa license, at whatever price is quoted would allow you to temporarily house an unlisted dwa animal and then you could just get it added to your license and the necesary insurance at your earliest convineince? i suppose.

im just wondering cos im [and this isnt what prompted my question] most interested in a caiman if anything but would expect to be able to buy another dwa animal onc ei have a license without havin to get a new license each time, especially if buying to sell, again, to dwa holders of course.

so is insurance [public liability?] necesary for private collections in your own home? i supose price is based on visitor traffic?

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you have to have public liability insurance even if its just you thats ever going to enter the room, as long as they are kept at a premises not taken to shows or talks and your the person that will look after it then it wont effect the cost of insurance, to get the license granted you would obviously need the vet to check that the set up is ok, that you have a sealed room and any other conditions, whether they let you update the license for more animals without another vets inspection is up to them but mine wouldnt allow that.

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