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Advice and guidance on protecting animal welfare.
Rules for feeding, watering, prioritising, holding animals for slaughter, and the design and layout of a slaughterhouse.
Guidance and legislation covering pet welfare and animal cruelty.
How to unload, handle and hold animals at sites where animals not for human consumption are killed, and how the site must be designed.
How to solve a pest problem with foxes, moles and mink using traps, snares and other methods.
The amendment, which will be tabled in Parliament today will crack down on animal torture content online.
New measures will close existing loopholes exploited by unscrupulous breeders and traders
Legislation ending exports of livestock for slaughter and fattening receives Royal Assent
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.
What animal by-products (ABPs) are, how to set up a site that uses them safely, the paperwork you need, and how to dispose of them.
If you’re responsible for a farm animal you must make sure that you care for it properly.
What you must do to protect the welfare of animals during transport.
How to legally carry out slaughter without stunning in accordance with religious rites, including how to restrain and bleed the animal.
How to manage the health and welfare of poultry during transport, at market and during slaughter.
Rules on restraining methods, stunning pens, captive bolt, gas and electrical stunning equipment, bleeding animals and shackling and hoisting animals.
You can claim relief to pay no duty or VAT when importing laboratory animals intended for scientific research.
Apply for a licence to move and keep certain non-native (alien) species for animal welfare purposes.
Laws and regulations protecting farm animals at shows and markets, including the suitability of pens, cages or hutches
Technical advice and guidance for licence holders.
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