UK Authorized Long Journey Animal Transporters

Monthly published records list transporters authorized for long journeys under EU animal welfare regulations. The Animal and Plant Health Agency maintains this list, which includes transporter names, approved species, and approval numbers. Updates are scheduled monthly.

Use Cases

• Verify a transporter's approval_number for compliance checks before shipment.
• Filter the list by species to find transporters authorized for specific animals.
• Monitor changes in transporter_name entries over monthly updates to track industry participants.
• Analyze the distribution of authorizations across different species categories.
• Use approval_number and transporter_name as keys to join with other regulatory or shipment datasets.

Strengths

• Data is updated on a monthly schedule, ensuring regular refresh.
• Includes specific fields for transporter_name, species, and approval_number.
• Managed by the authoritative Animal and Plant Health Agency.

Limitations

• Unknown row count limits analysis of industry scale.
• No geographic data on transporter location is provided.
• Data is limited to UK operators under specific retained EU regulation.

Provenance

Source

Animal and Plant Health Agency

Collection Method

Official regulatory authorization and listing process.

Freshness

Monthly updates.

Geography

United Kingdom