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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
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Zoos or zoo inspectors should use these forms when carrying out inspections.
Check the tariff classification for dried buffalo ears and dried beef meat scraped off from the throat, for use as animal feed.
Check if your import, export or re-export needs a permit or certificate under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Collection of guidance for importing live animals and animal products.
Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.
Monitoring for major, notifiable or new and emerging animal disease outbreaks internationally and in the UK.
The carnivores you can feed, when your site must be registered, authorised, or recognised, and the animal by-products you can use.
Collection of guidance for exporting and moving live animals and animal products.
Form to apply for approval to feed category 1 animal by-products (ABPs) to zoo animals.
News and consultations from the Fish Health Inspectorate about disease outbreaks and policy changes which affect the aquaculture industry
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...
How local authorities must regulate, inspect and license zoos and circuses in their areas.
How to register to keep captive schedule 4 birds, when to ring them and when to microchip them.
How to apply for a licence, when you need a licence, fees, licence conditions and records you must keep.
Guidance by the Fish Health Inspectorate and Environment Agency: run a fish or shellfish farm, move live fish or shellfish or hold non-native species.
What you need to do if you find, own or look after a listed invasive non-native (alien) animal in England and Wales.
Apply for a licence to move and keep certain non-native (alien) species for animal welfare purposes.
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