question

[madmaxlofts]

could somebody tell me if you still need a general licence to hold a pigeon sale

ive been told today by a fancier that you dont as long as you have a vet on call and follow the bio procedures

 

any help would be well appreciated

as i was going to send for 1 on monday

[Tony C]

Think you still have to obtain a licence through your local DEFRA.

[Guest]

Maybe a bit of confusion here.

 

(1) You don't need a license in your hand sort of thing, its a general license covering 'bird gatherings' up and down the country. Its either permitted or not. Just now it is permitted and if you want to hold a 'bird gathering' you need to follow the general license conditions.

 

(2) What is a bird gathering?

 

A ‘ bird gathering’ for the purposes of the general licence means the birds are collected together from different sources for some purpose, e.g. training, racing, showing, sales.

 

An event involving a single bird or birds which are normally kept together is not classed as a 'gathering'. So if its your own birds, or you are selling birds on behalf of another fancier, you don't need to do anything on the DEFRA front.