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Rules on restraining methods, stunning pens, captive bolt, gas and electrical stunning equipment, bleeding animals and shackling and hoisting animals.
Know which licence or certificate you must have to restrain, stun or kill animals which are not for human consumption, and how to carry out these operations.
How to legally carry out slaughter without stunning in accordance with religious rites, including how to restrain and bleed the animal.
Rules of shackle line operations, waterbath and gas stunners, and facilities for slaughtering poultry, rabbits and hares in abattoirs.
How to legally kill your own poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits and hares to eat at home.
What you need standard operating procedures for, the role of animal welfare officers, livestock unit limits and record keeping in slaughterhouses.
Two fatalities following the loss of control of a powerboat near Little Thatch Island, British Virgin Islands.
This playbook explains how we use social media at GDS. In it, we share our best practice, what we've learned and what we're planning to do.
Know how to stun or kill poultry, rabbits and hares on small-scale farms.
Standards, requirements and guidance for social landlords in England on transparency, influence and accountability, including Tenant Satisfaction Measures (TSMs).
The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
The licence or certificate you need to slaughter or kill animals, the operations covered and how to apply.
Location: near Little Thatch Island, British Virgin Islands.
How to unload, keep, move, handle, restrain, stun and kill animals not meant for human consumption.
The prohibitions and restrictions on the import of animal furs and skins into the UK and the export of salmon and trout.
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