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Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
If you’re responsible for a farm animal you must make sure that you care for it properly.
Guidance and legislation covering pet welfare and animal cruelty.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
The prohibitions and restrictions on the import of animal furs and skins into the UK and the export of salmon and trout.
Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.
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Collection of guidance for exporting and moving live animals and animal products.
This series brings together all documents relating to Animals in science statistics
How to manage the burial of animal remains to prevent or limit groundwater pollution.
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.
A collection of guides for anyone working with animal by-products (ABPs), including how to process, transport, store and dispose of them.
How to import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.
You need a licence to keep certain kinds of wild or dangerous animals: contact your council for more information
Technical advice and guidance for licence holders.
Check the tariff classification for animal beds.
What you must do to protect the welfare of animals during transport.
Report a dead or injured animal such as a badger, fox or domestic pet found on the road
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