shop license

[sanderson]

am I correct in thinking you can keep DWA under a pet shop license? If so how does this work?


Many thanks

[Victoria_O]

You are indeed correct! We have a PSL in conjunction with our unit and can keep venomous and other animals listed under the DWAL act. We apply on an annual basis when we want to add other animals.

Vicki x

[sanderson]

Originally Posted by Victoria_O

You are indeed correct! We have a PSL in conjunction with our unit and can keep venomous and other animals listed under the DWAL act. We apply on an annual basis when we want to add other animals.

Vicki x

Ok, so if I was to start a reptile shop I would need a license anyway but would I need anything more to stock DWA? (I wouldn't plan to stock DWA but a few on display might be good for getting people in the shop! )

Probably wont happen (this year anyway) But I have found a few local shops with very good rent but I am looking up licensing costs etc... so any help is good!

Thanks

[Victoria_O]

Originally Posted by sanderson

Ok, so if I was to start a reptile shop I would need a license anyway but would I need anything more to stock DWA? (I wouldn't plan to stock DWA but a few on display might be good for getting people in the shop! )

Probably wont happen (this year anyway) But I have found a few local shops with very good rent but I am looking up licensing costs etc... so any help is good!

Thanks

To run a pet shop you need a pet shop license. With ours we basically sit down with our licensing officer on an annual basis and discuss what we want to add to the license and what we can afford to take off.

We are quite lucky in the fact that our license is almost free as to what we can keep, for example we have 2000 snakes (non-venomous) 1000 lizards (non-venomous) 5000 amphibians 200 snakes (venomous) 50 lizards (venomous) then there are primates, large cats, chelonian etc.

If we were to open a shop as apposed to just having our unit we would require a higher liability as to the one we have but that really is about it.

I cannot give you 110% advice re; the procedures because 1) your council is going to be different & 2) we don’t run a shop.

Hope that’s of some help

Vicki x

[Ssthisto]

You will need to check with your local council - some councils specifically state that DWAL animals are not included in the PSL without other prerequisites being met, for example.

[Spikebrit]

Originally Posted by Ssthisto

You will need to check with your local council - some councils specifically state that DWAL animals are not included in the PSL without other prerequisites being met, for example.

Just to add to the above, it is all dependent on your local council. In Stoke-on-trent, you have to hold a seperate DWA liscence, as well as a pet shop liscence to stock any DWA animals. They also take a hell of alot of pursading to let you do it. My local shop took ages to get permission.

Jay

[Lucifus]

Originally Posted by Victoria_O

To run a pet shop you need a pet shop license. With ours we basically sit down with our licensing officer on an annual basis and discuss what we want to add to the license and what we can afford to take off.

We are quite lucky in the fact that our license is almost free as to what we can keep, for example we have 2000 snakes (non-venomous) 1000 lizards (non-venomous) 5000 amphibians 200 snakes (venomous) 50 lizards (venomous) then there are primates, large cats, chelonian etc.

If we were to open a shop as apposed to just having our unit we would require a higher liability as to the one we have but that really is about it.

I cannot give you 110% advice re; the procedures because 1) your council is going to be different & 2) we don’t run a shop.

Hope that’s of some help

Vicki x

50 Venemous lizards? All i can think of is Kommodo and Beaded. Are there others?

[Ssthisto]

Gilas as well - but it's 50 actual *animals* not 50 species

[Lucifus]

Originally Posted by Ssthisto

Gilas as well - but it's 50 actual *animals* not 50 species

Aye should have typed that better.

Just cant see a shop stocking 50 gilas or beadeds so was wondering if there was more species that i wasn't aware of.

[ian14]

Originally Posted by Spikebrit

Just to add to the above, it is all dependent on your local council. In Stoke-on-trent, you have to hold a seperate DWA liscence, as well as a pet shop liscence to stock any DWA animals. They also take a hell of alot of pursading to let you do it. My local shop took ages to get permission.

Jay

I would check that as the DWA has a specific list of exemptions for those who do not require a licence, these being licenced zoo operators and PSL holders.