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How to deal with wild birds causing a health or safety issue, or a problem on your farm or fishery and when you need a licence.
Weekend full of fun activities for the family. Includes unique opportunity to see the 200-year-old-plus Nereis Britannica by Cornish botanist John Stackhouse
How to spot chronic wasting disease (CWD), what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
Clinical advice on West Nile virus including symptoms, diagnosis and epidemiology.
Government partners with conservation charity ZSL to launch app update allowing tracking and logging of creatures in waters around British Overseas Territories.
Competent authorities must help to protect wild bird habitats on land and at sea, and avoid pollution to protect wild bird populations.
Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.
APHA hosts celebration of a century’s work to improve animal health and welfare
Find out how to sell wild birds and animals legally and safely, and what licences you need to get.
There is mounting concern about declines in wildlife populations in many protected areas in Africa
How to dispose of dead wild birds or ask for them to be removed.
If you’re responsible for a farm animal you must make sure that you care for it properly.
Protected species, report a sighting
Guidance and legislation covering pet welfare and animal cruelty.
This rapid review focuses on the impact COVID-19 pandemic om poaching and illegal wildlife trafficking
Monitoring for major, notifiable or new and emerging animal disease outbreaks internationally and in the UK.
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has created an ideal ‘dance floor’ for a mating display by the endangered black grouse.
Find out how to protect wildlife and habitats and apply for wildlife licences so you can legally operate in woodlands and forests.
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