Breeding, keeping and trading animals, applying for a permit
Source: BUS Rheinland-PfalzYou require a permit for the commercial handling of animals if you wish to carry out the following activities commercially:
- Breeding, keeping or trading vertebrate animals other than farm animals
- Maintenance of a riding and driving business
- Exhibition of animals
- Control of vertebrates as pests
- bringing vertebrate animals that are not farm animals to Germany for sale (sale against payment)
- training dogs for third parties or instructing the training of dogs by pet owners
This permit is also required if you
- keep animals in an animal shelter or similar facility
- keep and exhibit animals in a zoological garden or other facility
- train dogs for third parties, maintain facilities for this purpose or instruct the training of dogs by the animal owner
- bringing or importing vertebrate animals into the country for the purpose of selling them in return for payment or consideration or brokering these animals in return for payment or consideration
- organize animal exchanges for the purpose of exchanging or selling animals by third parties
Note: You do not require a permit to keep farm animals.