Services and information on the topic: Keeping animals
There are more than 30 million pets living in households in Germany. Do you keep pets and have questions, for example about dog tax and keeping dogs? This section provides contacts at public authorities and information about keeping animals, pet taxes and legal questions, ranging from registering a dog to the protection of animals to keeping wild animals.
- Animal enclosure displayContact person available
- Apply for permission to keep animals in an animal shelter or similar facility
- Dog ownership deregistrationOnline service availableContact person available
- Dog ownership Examination of the owner's expertise
- Keeping dangerous dogs PermissionContact person available
- Pet Ownership: Notification – Specially Protected SpeciesContact person available
- Private trips abroad with pets (dogs, cats, ferrets)
- Register a dogOnline service availableContact person available
- Veterinary vaccines: Export - CertificationContact person available