UK Livestock Export Journey Logs for 2015, England Only

Journey Log Register 2015 is a dataset from the UK's Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) listing requests for transport logs for exporting cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, and horses from England. It covers applications received in 2015, recording details like planned export date, destination country, species, weaning status, purpose, and cancellation status. The data is governed by EU Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 and the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (England) Order 2006.

Use Cases

• Monitor compliance with animal welfare regulations during transport based on recorded journey log applications.
• Analyze trends in livestock export volumes and destinations from England based on the destination country and species fields.
• Study the export patterns of specific animal categories, such as weaned versus unweaned animals, based on the species and weaning status.
• Identify reasons for export cancellations within the regulatory framework based on the cancellation flag.

Strengths

• Data is tied to specific, enforceable EU and UK legislation (Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005).
• Includes key regulatory dimensions like animal species, weaning status, purpose, and cancellation.
• Provides clear geographic scope, covering exports where the premises of origin was in England.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Administrative records of journey log applications submitted for compliance with transport regulations.

Time Range

2015

Freshness

Covers data from 2015; last updated date is unknown.

Geography

England (premises of origin)