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How to register to move animal by-products (ABPs) safely, how they should be moved, and the paperwork you need.
Transport on trains, planes, cars, taxis and minicabs, buses, coaches and wheelchairs for disabled people - Freedom Pass, Disabled Person's Railcard, concessionary bus pass and Shopmobility.
Lists the individual rights disabled passengers have when travelling.
Rules for feeding, watering, prioritising, holding animals for slaughter, and the design and layout of a slaughterhouse.
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
What you need to do to export live animals from the UK.
Guidance and legislation covering pet welfare and animal cruelty.
Designated land, sea and air ports for trading or moving CITES-listed endangered animals, plants, or their parts and derivatives.
How to comply with the exemption from the Veterinary Medicines Regulations that allow certain animal medicines to be sold without a marketing authorisation.
What you need to do as a veterinarian after the transition period.
The carnivores you can feed, when your site must be registered, authorised, or recognised, and the animal by-products you can use.
Check if your import, export or re-export needs a permit or certificate under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
How to safely and legally dispose of dead farm animals and horses.
Find out how to export live fish, molluscs and crustaceans for farming, ornamental, or any other purpose except direct human consumption
Wild animals cannot be exhibited or used in a performance as part of a travelling circus in England.
What pet owners need to do if their animal has suspected or confirmed bovine TB.
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.
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