FOI Request - Licensing of Activities Involving Animals

Request 101003971268

1.The total number of currently licensed businesses authorised to sell animals as pets.

2.Of those currently licensed businesses, how many are licensed to sell:

a) Mammals

b) Birds

c) Reptiles

d) Amphibians

e) Fish

For the avoidance of doubt:

1. I am requesting the number of premises licensed to sell animals as pets, not the number of specimens.

2. We understand many stores will be licensed to sell several of the taxa listed below.

3. If the information is not held in exactly that format, please provide the closest recorded breakdown available.

Response 23-04-2026

1. & 2. All applications and licences issues are published and available on the Moray Council website. This information is therefore exempt under section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, information otherwise accessible. For ease of reference please find a link to the web page here: https://publicaccess.moray.gov.uk/eplanning/search.do?action=simple&searchType=LicencingApplication

Please note, we have had two licence types - "Pet Shops - LICPET" and "Selling Animals a Pets - LICSP "