Do I need a License(s) for starting a breeding buisness sort of thing?

[scalestosnails]

Me, my neigbour and my Couisn have started a buisness selling reptiles and invertebrates.

We suddenly remebered that we might need a license, so we have shut it down until we have all the licences we need.

The only thing we know license-wise is that we dont need a DWA license, because non of our animals that we are selling reqire DWA. We dont have a pet shop, we breed these animals in our own homes (I breed snakes, my cousin breeds lizards and my neigbour breeds invertibrates).

I thought that you would be able to enlighten us on the subject.

PLease also bear in mind that we are also all 13, I dont know if that changes anything.

PLease Reply if you know anything about the subject, so we can start the buiness again in time for christmas.

Thanks

Scalestosnails

[Athravan]

As you are 13 I think it's unlikely that you would need a license, but if you DO need a license, you will need to be over 18 to get it, so you your parents would have to get it.

You will need a license if you are running a business.

There is a big difference between breeding one or two animals for your pleasure, and to make a bit of cash back that you spend on housing, feeding them, etc. and being a business that breeds hundreds - or thousands - of animals a year, and makes a profit.

It does not matter if you have a shop or are running a business from home - a pet shop means a business profiting from the sale of animals, if you do actually run a business rather than being a private breeder, you will need a license even if it's run from your own home. You'd also need to register for taxes, get business insurance, etc. If you are buying animals to sell for a profit this is also a profit based action.

I suspect though, that you are a private breeder and not a business, in which case you don't need to worry.

[scalestosnails]

OK,

sorry im going to sound like such a noob, but whats the difference between a private breeder and a buisness then?

[Athravan]

It's about whether you make a profit and are breeding as to the intent to make a profit. Or whether you are breeding to cover your costs and improve your enjoyment of the hobby. You would need to be producing hundreds of animals a year usually to start turning much of a profit.

[Issa]

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[scalestosnails]

So, if I wanted to make a profit, I would need a pet shop license, and if I didnt, we wouldnt neede anything? am I correct?

[bubba31]

yes that sounds bout rite

[richie.b]

this is a good question, i got a licence early in the year but this then meant i couldnt do shows, so how do breeders do the shows

[ian14]

You do not need a licence if you are only selling your own surplus stock in other words hatchlings which you have bred yourself.
It has nothing to do with profit, as you are making a profit from selling your own surplus animals.
There was a thread a while back on this, I'll try to find it.

[ian14]

Here you go..

http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/breed...8-licence.html