UK Quarantine Licenses for Cats, Dogs, and Ferrets in 2015

APHA-issued quarantine licenses detail the entry of rabies-susceptible mammals into England. The dataset distinguishes between illegal landings and standard applications, recording species, landing dates, release dates, and origin countries. Crown Copyright from 2016 covers this administrative record of animal import controls.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in illegal animal landings based on the 'illegal' vs 'standard' license classification.
• Model quarantine duration and release patterns based on the landing and release date fields.
• Study the geographic flow of imported animals based on the country of origin and port of landing data.
• Associate reasons for quarantine entry with illegal landings, as described in the data.

Strengths

• Contains specific categorical data like 'illegal' and 'standard' license types.
• Includes multiple temporal fields: landing date and release date from quarantine.
• Covers geographic dimensions with country of origin and port of landing in England.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The reason for quarantine entry is only recorded for illegal landings, limiting analysis for standard cases.

Provenance

Source

Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), UK Government.

Collection Method

Administrative records of issued quarantine licenses.

Time Range

2015

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

England, with country of origin data for imported animals.