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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Information on Brucella canis (B. canis) for the general public, owners of imported dogs, and dog breeders.
How to safely and legally dispose of dead farm animals and horses.
Find out how to take samples from processed ABPs and find laboratories to test them, and what to do if one of your samples fails a test.
New measures will close existing loopholes exploited by unscrupulous breeders and traders
The prohibitions and restrictions on the import of animal furs and skins into the UK and the export of salmon and trout.
Find out what you must do before you get a pet pig, how to register as a keeper and get a pig walking licence and what you can feed pet pigs.
The characteristics, diagnosis, epidemiology of hantaviruses.
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 pets to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man
Forms and checklist for transport carriers and checkers to report non-compliance when checking documents and pet animals that enter Great Britain.
Information about the ban on XL Bully dogs for owners, enforcement authorities, rescue centres and rehoming organisations, and vets.
If you find a stray dog and cannot contact the owner, you must report it to the council
How to manage the burial of animal remains to prevent or limit groundwater pollution.
Signs that may suggest rabies in bats, what to do if you spot them and measures to prevent exposing yourself to the disease.
From 31 December 2023 breeding, selling, advertising, rehoming, abandoning and allowing an XL Bully dog to stray will be illegal.
How to manage water use, levels, drainage and irrigation, and avoid pollution from waste water and sheep dip.
How to minimise the risk of disease from animal wool and hair, register your site, and dispose of materials you don't want.
It is now illegal to breed, sell, advertise, gift, exchange, and abandon these dogs or let them stray.
Why you might be given a 'Fixed Penalty Notice' for an environmental offence by your local authority and how you can pay or challenge it
Form for drivers of livestock or poultry vehicles to record where their vehicles will be cleansed and disinfected.
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