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How to assess a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
What you need to do if you find, own or look after a listed invasive non-native (alien) animal in England and Wales.
The CMA investigated 17 completed acquisitions by Medivet Group Limited (Medivet) of independent veterinary businesses (listed below).
Action reinforces UK’s commitment to delivering better animal welfare standards both at home and abroad.
The Shark Fins Act passed into law today banning the international shark fin trade
Amendment to Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill following LSE report on decapod and cephalopod sentience
Partners have joined forces to help safeguard the future of the native white-clawed crayfish to ensure 2022 isn’t their final year in Northumberland's rivers.
A 400-million-year-old blood-sucking creature once eaten by Vikings tops the Environment Agency’s list of England’s rarest fish.
Unusual 18th century paintings could leave the UK.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Two paintings by George Stubbs that gave the British public its first glimpse of strange creatures from the "New World" could leave the UK.
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