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<p>The total number of dogs entering Great Britain under the Pet Travel Scheme in
2017 was 287,016. The list of countries that these dogs come from are listed in <strong>Annex
1</strong>.</p><p>The purpose of the Pet Travel Scheme is to manage the risk of rabies
entering the UK and to ensure appropriate vaccination, at an appropriate age, therefore
the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) do not systematically record numbers for
all imports from individual countries.</p><p> </p><p>The data for commercial dog imports
found in <strong>Annex 2</strong> was extracted from the Trade Control and Expert
System (TRACES). In some cases imports are recorded on TRACES as ‘<em>Canis familiaris</em>
/ <em>Felis catus’</em>, so APHA is unable to distinguish between cat or dog imports.
These are included in the table in the column ‘Mixed’.</p><p> </p><p>Leaving the European
Union provides an opportunity to improve and modernise the legislation in this area
and consider how APHA can collect more detail in the future.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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