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Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Apply for a licence to import live animals (not pet dogs, cats and ferrets).
What you need to do to export live animals from the UK.
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.
Apply for premises approval to move animals covered by the Balai Directive.
Collection of guidance for exporting and moving live animals and animal products.
Find out about exporting products of animal origin (POAO) such as meat, dairy and fish, live animals, plants and plant products.
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.
What conservation translocations are, and how and why they might take place in England.
When to follow Balai rules to import animals and germinal products to Great Britain from EU and non-EU countries.
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.
What you need to do if you find, own or look after a listed invasive non-native (alien) animal in England and Wales.
If you’re responsible for a farm animal you must make sure that you care for it properly.
Find out what you need to do to keep wild birds or animals legally and safely, including when you need a licence and how to get one.
Annual statistics relating to scientific procedures performed on living animals in accordance with the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
Collection of guidance for importing live animals and animal products.
How to import or move live animals and germinal products from the EU to Great Britain.
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.
When your pet must go in quarantine, how to book a pet carrier and quarantine premises, and how to get your pet released from quarantine.
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.
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