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Trappers of certain species of mammal must use traps that meet international humaneness standards.
Find out how to use nets or traps to catch birds in food premises and safely release them within the terms of your licence.
Get permission or a licence to trap crayfish, eels, elvers, salmon, sea trout, lamprey and smelt in England. How to apply and rules to follow.
How to get trained to set cage traps for, vaccinate and mark badgers.
Get a general licence to trap stoats to conserve vulnerable wild birds.
Rules you must follow, who’s responsible, when to tell the Environment Agency and what to do if you get an enforcement notice.
Check how you can operate an authorised consignee temporary storage facility so you can store goods for up to 6 days, including how to get authorised.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste at a collection point before recovering or disposing of the waste elsewhere.
Get a general licence to trap stoats to prevent serious damage to vulnerable livestock.
Get a licence to trap edible dormice for health and safety and other purposes.
Find out how you can control pests on your property - help from professionals, methods you can and cannot use, protecting wildlife, getting a wildlife licence
How to solve a pest problem with foxes, moles and mink using traps, snares and other methods.
How to store oil, design standards for tanks and containers, where to locate and how to protect them, and capacity of bunds and drip trays.
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