This text presents many of the facets of the law which affect those who have any sort of dealing with animals, whether their own or other people's. It spans topics from the keeping of wild animals to the preservation of rare creatures.

This text presents many of the facets of the law which affect those who have any sort of dealing with animals, whether their own or other people's. It spans topics from the keeping of wild animals to the preservation of rare creatures. It also examines the training of performing animals and the keeping of coypus, and the expert of horses to the import of hares.

Chapter 1 Ownership, Theft and Owners' Responsibilities
Chapter 2 Sale and Agistment
Chapter 3 Movement, Import and Export of Animals
Chapter 4 Pet Animals
Chapter 5 Horses
Chapter 6 Dangerous Wild Animals
Chapter 7 Animals as Game
Chapter 8 Protection of Animals
Chapter 9 Animal Diseases
Chapter 10 Exhibitions, Public Performances and Zoos
Chapter 11 Pests
Chapter 12 Experiments
Appendices: A Calculation Tables for the Transportation of Animals
B Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000, Schedule 3, Part 1
C Animals Affected by the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974
D Kinds of Dangerous Wild Animals
E Definition of "Animal" for the purposes of the Protection of Animal Acts
F Prohibited Methods of Killing or Taking Wild Animals
G Spring Traps Approved by Ministers
H Special Grounds for Appeal against a Notice Requiring Structural Works under Section 4 of the Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949
I Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, Schedule 2A
Index