Information
The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals)(England) Regulations 2018 – a requirement of the above legislation is that a register MUST be kept of all the cats on the premises which MUST include:
a) The dates of each cats arrival and departure.
b) Each cats name, age, sex, neuter status and a description of it or its breed.
c) Each cats microchip number, where applicable.
d) The number of any cats from the same household.
e) A record of which cats (if any) are from the same household.
f) The name, postal address, telephone number and e mail address of each owner and emergency contact.
g) In relation to each cat, the name, postal address, telephone number and e mail address of a local contact in an emergency.
h) The name and contact details of each cats normal veterinarian and details of any insurance relating to the cat.
i) Details of each cats relevant medical and behavioural history, including details of any treatment administered against parasites and restrictions on exercise.
j) Details of each cats diet and related requirements.
k) Any required consent forms.
l) A record of the date or dates or each cats most recent vaccination, worming and flea treatments.
m) Details of any medical treatment each cat is receiving.
Please ensure that you bring this information to us together with your cats vaccination card for admission.
Vaccinations
It is a requirement of The Animal Welfare (Licencing of Activities Involving Animals )(England) Regulations 2018 that all cats boarded are vaccinated against Feline Infectious Enteritis, Feline Panleukopenia and Feline Respiratory Viruses ( Feline Herpesvirus and Feline Calicivirus). Vaccinations must be up to date for the whole period they are boarded – including annual boosters. We require production of the vaccination card prior to accepting your cat. Should the card not be produced and we are unable to confirm with your vet the vaccination status we will not accept your pet for boarding. Please note that due to data protection not all vets will release information to us without your specific permission.
Vaccination dates
Initial vaccinations require two injections. Approximately 3 weeks after the first vaccination your vet will provide a booster injection. We cannot board your cat until seven days after this 2nd injection. From first vaccination there will be approximately 28 days run in to your pet being accepted.
Provided the annual boosters are then continued on time your cat can be accepted for boarding.
Should the vaccination expire there may be a need for your pet to return to the initial vaccinations and so there will be another 28 day delay in your cat being able to board.
Please check that all vaccinations are up to date as turning your pet away on day one of boarding can cause a major headache when you have to urgently make alternative arrangements.
There is a reported shortage on booster vaccine availability. Owners are being informed by some vets that dates up to 3 months after expiry are acceptable for boarding. This is not the case. I have clarified with Chelmsford City Council and the Pet Industry Federation (PIF). PIF have also contacted DEFRA who say the expiry date is the date on the vaccination card, and not any subsequent period. The only exemption is if the cat has had a recent Titre test that covers the period of boarding and can prove the level of residual antibodies in the cat.
Please ensure that if vaccinations are due you give yourselves sufficient time to arrange the boosters.
General Data Protection Regulations and
Cherry Tree Cattery Privacy Statement **
What GDPR means to you:
• Data must be processed lawfully, fairly and transparently
• Data must be collected only for specific, explicit and legitimate purposes
• It must be limited to what is necessary for the purposes for which it is processed
• Information must be accurate and up to date
• Data must be kept securely
• We have to have your consent to keep your data
• You can remove your consent at any time
• It can only be retained for as long as is necessary
• We must inform you how your data is used
• You have the right to know what data we keep
• You have the right to see the data we keep on you
• You have the right to have incorrect information changed
• You have the right to complain to the Information Commissioners Office at ICO.org.uk.
We collect information about you from a variety of sources (telephone, in person, e mail, facebook, cctv) when you make an enquiry or booking with us.
We keep your information to meet our legal and regulatory obligations and in order to look after your cat(s). We will only keep your information for as long as we are legally obliged.
We will update your information when advised of changes.
We will keep your information secure through encryption and lock and key.
We will delete or destroy your information in an appropriate manner when it is no longer require.
We will also use your information if we need to consult a vet or your nominated emergency contact during your cat(s) stay with us.
Your information will not be shared with any other parties other than to meet the above needs.
We will never sell your information to any party.
You can ask us for a copy of the information we keep.
If you have a complaint regarding the keeping of your information you can complain to the Information Commissioners Office at www.ico.org.uk.