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Rules of shackle line operations, waterbath and gas stunners, and facilities for slaughtering poultry, rabbits and hares in abattoirs.
Rules on restraining methods, stunning pens, captive bolt, gas and electrical stunning equipment, bleeding animals and shackling and hoisting animals.
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.
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.
How to legally carry out slaughter without stunning in accordance with religious rites, including how to restrain and bleed the animal.
The licence or certificate you need to slaughter or kill animals, the operations covered and how to apply.
What farmers, foresters and land managers need to know and do before applying for a Countryside Stewardship grant, and how to manage a grant agreement.
The government has announced proposals to modernise the planning system to get Britain building.
Information on the large programme uplift, which applies to high quality, larger study programmes that provide students with additional stretch and challenge.
The Commission was convened to advise government on how to promote and increase the use of high-quality design for new build homes and neighbourhoods.
Details on the new capacity and capability programme, to support local planning authorities to attract, retain and develop skilled planners.
What we check and how you apply for approval.
This playbook explains how we use social media at GDS. In it, we share our best practice, what we've learned and what we're planning to do.
How developers can create and enhance habitat off-site or buy biodiversity units to achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG).
Guidance on what BNG is and how it affects land managers, developers and local planning authorities.
The annual Sanctuary Awards recognise the outstanding conservation and sustainability efforts across the Ministry of Defence (MOD) estate.
Explains key issues in implementing policy to protect and enhance the natural environment, including local requirements.
Training and continuing professional development (CPD) for staff working in the abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening programme in England.
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