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<p>The number of dogs that were imported to Great Britain via the Pet Travel Scheme
(PTS) in 2019 was 307,263.</p><p> </p><p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)
is unable to provide a breakdown of the number of dogs travelling under the scheme
by country of origin as it does not hold that information.</p><p> </p><p>The data
regarding the PTS is taken from the APHA system for recording pets throughput based
on information provided by checkers employed by approved carriers of pet animals.</p><p>
</p><p>The information that APHA has provided is a true reflection of the information
that is held. APHA cannot guarantee the accuracy of this data, as it can only rely
on the information that has been entered into the pets returns by a third party.</p>
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