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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.
Rules on restraining methods, stunning pens, captive bolt, gas and electrical stunning equipment, bleeding animals and shackling and hoisting animals.
What you need standard operating procedures for, the role of animal welfare officers, livestock unit limits and record keeping in slaughterhouses.
This series brings together all documents relating to biodiversity and wildlife statistics.
Rules of shackle line operations, waterbath and gas stunners, and facilities for slaughtering poultry, rabbits and hares in abattoirs.
The Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund (IWTCF) is a UK government competitive grants scheme aimed at eradicating the illegal trade in wildlife.
FCDO travel advice for Malawi. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
How to legally kill your own poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits and hares to eat at home.
Schedule 14 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 decisions issued by the Planning Inspectorate and published after 1 January 2023
How to legally carry out slaughter without stunning in accordance with religious rites, including how to restrain and bleed the animal.
How to deal with threats - like grey squirrels and rhododendron - to protect native species and habitats in woodlands.
The licence or certificate you need to slaughter or kill animals, the operations covered and how to apply.
Open and closed season for hunting, what you can use and the wildlife you can hunt
Wildlife protection - find out if you need a licence to kill, disturb or move animals, birds or fish
Know how to stun or kill poultry, rabbits and hares on small-scale farms.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
How to import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.
Bringing pets into Great Britain: pet passports, Great Britain pet health certificates, microchipping, rabies vaccinations, travelling with assistance dogs.
Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey discusses UK ambition to tackle the illegal wildlife trade in Singapore.
Technical advice and guidance for licence holders.
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