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Find out which birds and animals may be spared from culling during an outbreak of an exotic animal disease.
How to manage tuberculosis (TB) in your non-bovine animals, when you can move them, and how to get compensation if you slaughter them.
Information for farmers about inspections carried out when there have been complaints about the welfare of livestock on farms.
Find out what you need to do to keep wild birds or animals legally and safely, including when you need a licence and how to get one.
How to operate a zoo, including understanding licences and inspections.
You need a licence to keep certain kinds of wild or dangerous animals: contact your council for more information
Rules to follow if you’re moving animals or animal products from one country to another and transiting through Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), known as ‘landbridge’ movements.
What you need to do if you find, own or look after a listed invasive non-native (alien) animal in England and Wales.
We work to safeguard animal and plant health for the benefit of people, the environment and the economy. APHA is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs , the Welsh Government , and The...
Guidance on completing your annual return of procedures.
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 other animal products to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
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 other live animals to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Technical advice and guidance for licence holders.
What you need to do to export live animals from the UK.
Use form ALVS1 if the Automatic Licence Verification System cannot process an automatic release on CHIEF or the Customs Declaration Service.
Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.
Collection of guidance for importing live animals and animal products.
You can claim relief to pay no duty or VAT when importing laboratory animals intended for scientific research.
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