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Report a dead or injured animal such as a badger, fox or domestic pet found on the road
Use this service to apply for a licence to move birds or animals onto or off premises in disease control zones.
Collection of guidance for exporting and moving live animals and animal products.
Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model for live animals, animal products, plants and plant products imported to Great Britain.
Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.
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...
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
Technical advice and guidance for licence holders.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Check if you need a certificate to export animal feed or pet food, and other rules you must follow.
Form to register ownership of animal breeds at risk.
What you need to do if you find, own or look after a listed invasive non-native (alien) animal in England and Wales.
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.
The carnivores you can feed, when your site must be registered, authorised, or recognised, and the animal by-products you can use.
A collection of forms to apply to run a fish or shellfish farm, move live fish, shellfish or salamanders, or hold non native species.
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 by-products to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Approval form for a hub site to pasteurise animal by-products or catering waste, as part of a hub and pod compost or biogas facility.
Guidance on Animal Test Certificates (ATCs) required to carry out the field trial of a veterinary medicine in animals (clinical trial) in the UK.
Information on the legal responsibilities of people who own or care for domestic pets
Information on compliance with ASPA and investigations into non-compliance.
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