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The carnivores you can feed, when your site must be registered, authorised, or recognised, and the animal by-products you can use.
Animal by-products (ABPs) you can use to make pet food, how to provide samples, and how to package your products.
Operating principles for commissioners and providers of night shelters for people experiencing rough sleeping.
If you buy a pet dog or cat, it’s important that you make checks to help combat the illegal trade in pet animals.
How to comply with the exemption from the Veterinary Medicines Regulations that allow certain animal medicines to be sold without an authorisation.
How to get a licence to keep animals for exhibition, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
Find out which birds and animals may be spared from culling during an outbreak of an exotic animal disease.
How to apply for a licence, when you need a licence, fees, licence conditions and records you must keep.
How to get your dog or cat fitted with a microchip: when to get it done, who can do it, how to update your details, what to do when getting a dog or cat
How to manage the health and welfare of poultry during transport, at market and during slaughter.
The CDEI has published a beta version of its PETs adoption guide, which is an interactive tool designed to aid decision-making around the use of PETs in data-driven projects.
Local authorities and regional adoption agencies can apply for therapeutic funding for eligible adoptive, special guardianship order and child arrangement order families.
Apply for premises approval to move animals covered by the Balai Directive.
What a movement is, who needs to report moves, and how to prepare to move sheep and goats.
How to manage tuberculosis (TB) in your non-bovine animals, when you can move them, and how to get compensation if you slaughter them.
Apply for a licence to import live animals (not pet dogs, cats and ferrets).
How to get approval to transport pet cats, dogs and ferrets, and when you must transport assistance dogs with their owners.
Technical advice and guidance for licence holders.
Take your pet dog, cat or ferret abroad: getting a pet passport or export health certificate, microchip, vaccinations and tapeworm treatments.
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