As the star of a Reuter’s film, the Animal Talent Ltd is founded by the team behind Lilliput the Maltese – the only dog in the world to be accredited by BAFTA and who played the celebrated role of Bark Ruffalo at their 2024 Awards ceremony alongside David Tennant and Michael Sheen. We cast model dogs, cats and all animal talent in media. The agency offers guaranteed shots, remote rehearsal reviews and is fully licensed and insured.

Importantly we are the only UK animal casting agency to hold a Dangerous Wild Animal licence. So we can supply almost any animal model on the planet for your professional production purposes. To this end, our animal casting agents specialise in a huge variety of species including dangerous wild animals, reptiles, birds, small mammals, farm livestock, domestic pets (such as dog and cat models) and exotics

The animal talent displayed on our website represents merely a proportion of those on our books.  If you can’t find what you’re looking for here, please Contact Us and we’re confident we can provide the animal actors you need.

We love to be involved from the very beginning of your animal talent planning and believe that our process of selection, advice and reward based training sets the animals up for success in any situation. The animals we work with enjoy the process of training with their handler, the bonding time they receive and the achievement of a great performance.  Our animals have fun when they work! 

For us, it’s essential that the wellbeing of our talent is always prioritised, whatever the situation.

Check out the results on our showcase page and also in the press.

Hire animal models from us and we guarantee you will get the shots you need.

If you don’t get your shot, you don’t pay the bill.

Whether you’re casting animal models for film, TV, commercials and/or photoshoots, this guarantee pertains!

Our animal modelling agency supplies fully licensed and insured professional animal location handlers for all animal species around the world, all of whom are recognised qualified experts in their fields. We hold Animal Activity Licences under The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 – in respect of the keeping or training of animal actors to be exhibited for entertainment purposes by the recording of images for display – and The Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 (Licence No. LCC/DWA1).

We can provide up to £10 million worth of public liability insurance cover, allowing us to work with venomous animals and those covered by The Dangerous Wild Animals Act. 

We operate in complete compliance with all RSPCA policies on animal welfare.

Our staff undergo enhanced level Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, ensuring optimum screenings for your safer working environment.

We offer remote rehearsal reviews, where you can observe the animal actor practising and performing the action required for the shoot before we go into the studio.

Since this free of charge service is conducted remotely it can be taken advantage of wherever you are located, including London, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Birmingham or York.

This pre-filming reviewing service ensures the entire crew can relax and focus on their respective remits on the day, without worrying about whether the animal talent is capable of delivering.