{"id":68,"date":"2012-02-07T21:44:10","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T21:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2015-04-25T22:51:07","modified_gmt":"2015-04-25T22:51:07","slug":"dangerous-wild-animals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/other-licences\/animals\/dangerous-wild-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"Dangerous Wild Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3264 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/ostrich-farm-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"dangerous wild animals solicitors\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/ostrich-farm-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/ostrich-farm-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/ostrich-farm-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Under the The Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976, certain animals such as some snakes, ostriches and big cats can only be kept under a licence that is issued by a local authority. Animals kept in zoos, circuses and pet shops are currently exempt. \u00a0This a particularly niche area of law in which our solicitors have experience.<\/h4>\n<p>Proposals have been tabled to change the law on keeping dangeous wild animals that will mean ;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No mandatory requirement for inspection for certain replacement licences, to allow targeting of inspections where there may be concerns.<\/li>\n<li>Local authorities will still be able to make inspections whenever required.<\/li>\n<li>Validity of a licence extended from a maximum of one year to two years.<\/li>\n<li>Licences will come into force immediately upon being granted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please visit this page to find updates as and when they occur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the The Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976, certain animals such as some snakes, ostriches and big cats can only be kept under a licence that is issued by a local authority. Animals kept in zoos, circuses and pet shops are currently exempt. \u00a0This a particularly niche area of law in which our solicitors have experience. Proposals have been tabled to change the law on keeping dangeous wild animals that will mean ; No mandatory requirement for inspection for certain replacement licences, to allow targeting of inspections where there may be concerns. Local authorities will still be able to make inspections whenever required. Validity of a licence extended from a maximum of one year to two years. Licences will come into force immediately upon being granted. Please visit this page to find updates as and when they occur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":39,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-68","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3265,"href":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68\/revisions\/3265"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}