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You can claim relief to pay no duty or VAT when importing laboratory animals intended for scientific research.
How to care for animals on farms and at market in severe hot or cold weather, floods or drought.
The prohibitions and restrictions on the import of animal furs and skins into the UK and the export of salmon and trout.
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
Rules on restraining methods, stunning pens, captive bolt, gas and electrical stunning equipment, bleeding animals and shackling and hoisting animals.
Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.
Information to help you answer your query before you contact us.
Guidance on completing your annual return of procedures.
How to unload, handle and hold animals at sites where animals not for human consumption are killed, and how the site must be designed.
Report a dead or injured animal such as a badger, fox or domestic pet found on the road
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Apply for a licence to move and keep certain non-native (alien) species for animal welfare purposes.
You need a licence to keep certain kinds of wild or dangerous animals: contact your council for more information
A collection of guides for anyone working with animal by-products (ABPs), including how to process, transport, store and dispose of them.
ASC is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Home Office .
Use IPAFFS to notify enforcement authorities about imports to Great Britain.
Rules to follow if you’re moving animals or animal products from one country to another and transiting through Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), known as ‘landbridge’ movements.
How to manage the health and welfare of poultry during transport, at market and during slaughter.
Bringing pets into Great Britain: pet passports, Great Britain pet health certificates, microchipping, rabies vaccinations, travelling with assistance dogs.
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