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How to control rabbits on your property or business using traps, snares and other methods.
When your pet must go in quarantine, how to book a pet carrier and quarantine premises, and how to get your pet released from quarantine.
How to legally kill your own poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits and hares to eat at home.
Know how to stun or kill poultry, rabbits and hares on small-scale farms.
Make a complaint about rabbits causing significant crop damage on your land.
What to do if you’re bringing your pet or pets to Great Britain: quarantine rules, documents you need, types of animal you can bring.
Rules of shackle line operations, waterbath and gas stunners, and facilities for slaughtering poultry, rabbits and hares in abattoirs.
How to keep rabbits on farms and your housing health and feed responsibilities.
If you’re responsible for a farm animal you must make sure that you care for it properly.
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.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the rabbit fencing supplement.
Apply online to export pet rabbits to Japan.
Laws and regulations protecting farm animals at shows and markets, including the suitability of pens, cages or hutches
Apply online to export oven ready wild rabbit and hare to the USA.
Guidance and regulatory advice on how to apply for licences issued under ASPA and how your compliance with ASPA and your licence conditions will be assessed.
Rules on restraining methods, stunning pens, captive bolt, gas and electrical stunning equipment, bleeding animals and shackling and hoisting animals.
When to follow Balai rules to import animals and germinal products to Great Britain from EU and non-EU countries.
Apply online to export rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) intended for scientific research to Italy.
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