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Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.
How to manage the burial of animal remains to prevent or limit groundwater pollution.
You need a licence to keep certain kinds of wild or dangerous animals: contact your council for more information
The prohibitions and restrictions on the import of animal furs and skins into the UK and the export of salmon and trout.
How to apply for an authorisation to manufacture authorised veterinary medicines or medicines marketed under the Exemptions for small pet animals.
New law will create a new specific offence for dog and cat abduction
What pet owners need to do if their animal has suspected or confirmed bovine TB.
Information and advice on rabies, the viral infection of the central nervous system which affects mammals and humans.
Fill in this RMOP form to get approval from APHA to transport pets or assistance dogs to England, Scotland or Wales.
Check the air, sea and rail carriers registered with the Animal and Plant Health Agency to transport assistance dogs with their owners.
Owners must ensure their cat is microchipped
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export petfood to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Technical advice and guidance for licence holders.
How to comply with the exemption from the Veterinary Medicines Regulations that allow certain animal medicines to be sold without a marketing authorisation.
Find out how to import your personal belongings, pets and private motor vehicles when moving or returning to the UK.
Mandatory microchipping of cats will help reunite thousands of lost or stray pets every year.
Product recall for toy pet care kit presenting a high risk of choking.
Where you can build a pet cemetery, the animals you can bury there, how it must be built and how to register.
How a marketing authorisation holder should report a defect with a veterinary medicine.
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