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Check the tariff classification for stuffed toys.
Government partners with conservation charity ZSL to launch app update allowing tracking and logging of creatures in waters around British Overseas Territories.
The licences you must have to import animal pathogens or carriers to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
We give statutory advice to ministers on the risks to human health and the environment from the release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). ACRE is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs...
Collection of guidance for importing live animals and animal products.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
You may need a licence if you can’t avoid disturbing protected birds and animals to survey, film or photograph them.
Find out when you must charge a minimum of 10 pence for single-use carrier bags, bags you're not required to charge for and the records you must keep and submit.
Licences for activities affecting large blue butterflies, Fisher's estuarine moths and little whirlpool ramshorn snails.
What you need to do if you find, own or look after a listed invasive non-native (alien) animal in England and Wales.
Information about UK Health Security Agency's tick awareness resources and how to take part in the Tick Surveillance Scheme.
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export other live animals to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Licences for activities affecting non-native (alien) species.
A project designed to build a deeper bond between a community and their natural heritage is in development at Earnse Bay on Walney Island.
The CMA investigated 17 completed acquisitions by Medivet Group Limited (Medivet) of independent veterinary businesses (listed below).
How to apply for a licence to import, release or keep non-native animals.
Action reinforces UK’s commitment to delivering better animal welfare standards both at home and abroad.
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