Cambridgeshire Trading Standards Service is responsible for enforcing the rules on rabies prevention.

All rabies susceptible animals entering the UK are required to spend six months in quarantine, unless arriving under and complying with all the conditions of the pet travel scheme (PETS).

EC regulation 998/2003 on the non-commercial movement of pet animals applied from 3 July 2004. The regulation, operated in the UK as the pet travel scheme (PETS) allows cats, dogs, ferrets, domestic rabbits and rodents which comply with certain conditions and are from qualifying countries only to enter the UK without going into quarantine

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