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Otter licences

From:
Natural England and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Part of:
Wildlife and habitat conservation
Published:
6 October 2014

Licences for activities affecting otters, a protected species.

Find out how otters are protected, including surveys.

Licences to possess, sell or capture otters

  1. European protected species: apply for a licence to possess them

    • Form

  2. Licence to possess plants and animals for scientific purposes

    • Form

  3. Licence to sell animal specimens taken before October 1981

    • Form

  4. Licence to sell protected plants and animals

    • Form

  5. Otters: licence to capture and transport those trapped in fisheries to prevent damage

    • Form

  6. Protected animals: licence for taxidermists to own dead animals

    • Form

  7. Wild animals: licence for individuals to possess specimens

    • Form

  8. Wild birds and animals: licence to possess samples

    • Form

Licences to survey or research otters

  1. Survey, research or conservation licences for protected species

    • Form

Otter mitigation licences

  1. Otters: apply for a mitigation licence

    • Form
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Published: 6 October 2014

From: Natural England Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Part of: Wildlife and habitat conservation