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How to manage the burial of animal remains to prevent or limit groundwater pollution.
Rules on restraining methods, stunning pens, captive bolt, gas and electrical stunning equipment, bleeding animals and shackling and hoisting animals.
Guidance and regulatory advice on how to apply for licences issued under ASPA and how your compliance with ASPA and your licence conditions will be assessed.
Check if you need a certificate to export animal feed or pet food, and other rules you must follow.
How to import or move animal by-products from the EU to Great Britain.
Find out which birds and animals may be spared from culling during an outbreak of an exotic animal disease.
Where you can build a pet cemetery, the animals you can bury there, how it must be built and how to register.
Diseases and health problems in sheep and goats, including foot and mouth disease (FMD), scrapie and lead poisoning
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
Watch our caseworkers' top tips to make sure your applications are complete and correct. Avoid more than 20 common requisition points.
Use IPAFFS to notify enforcement authorities about imports to Great Britain.
What a movement is, who needs to report moves, and how to prepare to move sheep and goats.
Forms and checklist for transport carriers and checkers to report non-compliance when checking documents and pet animals that enter Great Britain.
When to follow Balai rules to import animals and germinal products to Great Britain from EU and non-EU countries.
The carnivores you can feed, when your site must be registered, authorised, or recognised, and the animal by-products you can use.
Rules to follow if you’re moving animals or animal products from one country to another and transiting through Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), known as ‘landbridge’ movements.
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep animals safe from bluetongue virus.
You can be fined if your dog is out of control in public - find out about Dog Control Orders, banned dogs, dog fouling and reporting a dangerous dog
Wild animals cannot be exhibited or used in a performance as part of a travelling circus in England.
How to register to move animal by-products (ABPs) safely, how they should be moved, and the paperwork you need.
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