News from The Kennel Club

Today, The Kennel Club shared the important information concerning further extension of the ban for the commercial imports of dogs, cats and ferrets from Belarus, Poland, Romania and Ukraine.

Temporary suspension in Great Britain was implemented on April 2022. However, its had been extended until 3 September.

As stated on the KC website:

''However the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has since announced that this measure has been extended by a further eight weeks, until 29 October, owing to a reported health risk to humans and animals from commercial cats, dogs and ferrets from these countries that do not comply with UK health and documentation requirements''.

As a conclusion KC remain Breeders that ''Any dogs which have been imported in breach of Government regulations will not be registered by The Kennel Club'' .

For more details , please visit full version of the The Kennel Club official statement:

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For the official Government statement, please visit  GOV.UK website , topic ''Commercial import of dogs, cats and ferrets to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) from Belarus, Poland, Romania or Ukraine'' .

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