Website and telephone payments Sunday 19 May
Our website and telephone payment systems are unavailable between 9am and 2pm on Sunday 19 May. You will not be able to pay for any council services on our website or over the phone during this time.
Farm animal carcases cannot be buried or burnt in the open due to the risk of disease being spread by birds and other scavengers or through groundwater or air pollution.
Regulations require dead farm animals to be taken to or collected by an approved knacker yard, hunt kennel, incinerator or renderer, either by private arrangement or under the National Fallen Stock Scheme.
The National Fallen Stock Scheme is a non-profit organisation set up in partnership with the government and the farming industry. The scheme is voluntary and is designed to help farmers comply with the law by providing a reliable, low-cost means of disposal of fallen stock.
Records must be completed when transporting animal by-products - livestock carcasses or parts of livestock carcasses that may have died on your premises. A commercial document must accompany the animal by-products during the journey to the disposal premises. The document must be produced in triplicate. The receiver retains the original and the producer and transporter each keep a copy. The commercial document must specify:
Records must be retained for two years.
Find out more from our animal health advice and guidance leaflets.
For Trading Standards animal health and welfare advice, please contact Trading Standards and we will be happy to help.