CITES Licensing & Bird Registration
CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is an international agreement between governments. Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival.
For more information on CITES licensing :
www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/gwd/cites/licensing.htm
Bird Registration
Under Section 7 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, any captive bird of species listed in Schedule 4 ![[Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader]](../../graphics/furniture/pdf.gif){kind=small}
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If you keep or intend to keep any of the birds in the list, you must inform Animal Health by contacting the Bird Registration Team. All birds listed on Schedule 4 must be fitted with a Defra / Animal Health ring, or have a licence to be kept unringed.
If you keep a Schedule 4 bird, or have such a bird in your possession or control, you must be registered as the keeper even though you may not be the owner. You must register the bird in your name and tell Animal Health the address at which it is kept.
Contact the Bird Registration Team :
www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/gwd/cites/contact.htm
Page last modified: 2 April 2007
Page published: 2 April 2007