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Wild animals cannot be exhibited or used in a performance as part of a travelling circus in England.
What you must do to protect the welfare of animals during transport.
You can claim relief to pay no duty or VAT when importing laboratory animals intended for scientific research.
If you’re responsible for a farm animal you must make sure that you care for it properly.
Find out what documents you need, and records you must keep, to meet animal welfare in transport requirements.
Advice and guidance on protecting animal welfare.
How to unload, handle and hold animals at sites where animals not for human consumption are killed, and how the site must be designed.
What a movement is, who needs to report moves, and how to prepare to move sheep and goats.
The signs of foot and mouth disease, what to do if you suspect it in your animals and measures to prevent its spread.
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.
General licence for the movement of cattle, pigs, sheep, goats and deer
How to care for animals on farms and at market in severe hot or cold weather, floods or drought.
What you need to do if you find, own or look after a listed invasive non-native (alien) animal in England and Wales.
Collection of guidance for importing live animals and animal products.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
When you need to use a movement licence and designated slaughterhouses for bluetongue restricted premises.
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.
How to apply for a licence, when you need a licence, fees, licence conditions and records you must keep.
Collection of guidance for exporting and moving live animals and animal products.
When to follow Balai rules to import animals and germinal products to Great Britain from EU and non-EU countries.
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