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Open and closed season for hunting, what you can use and the wildlife you can hunt
Get a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of conducting forestry operations.
How to assess a planning application when there are badgers on or near a proposed development site.
How to deal with wild birds causing a health or safety issue, or a problem on your farm or fishery and when you need a licence.
Tell Natural England what action you've taken or renew a licence.
Find out how to protect wildlife and habitats and apply for wildlife licences so you can legally operate in woodlands and forests.
The licence or certificate you need to slaughter or kill animals, the operations covered and how to apply.
Report any action taken under a licence to interfere with badger setts for forestry or drainage purposes.
Trappers of certain species of mammal must use traps that meet international humaneness standards.
Apply to control wild birds, including the lesser black-backed gull and herring gull, to conserve plants and animals or protect public health and safety.
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