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You need a licence to keep certain kinds of wild or dangerous animals: contact your council for more information
How to spot chronic wasting disease (CWD), what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
How to apply for a licence to capture, transport and re-release beavers or modify or remove beaver dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
Open and closed season for hunting, what you can use and the wildlife you can hunt
Licences to release non-native species into the wild
What you need to do if you find, own or look after a listed invasive non-native (alien) animal in England and Wales.
The prohibitions and restrictions on the import of animal furs and skins into the UK and the export of salmon and trout.
Find out how to protect wildlife and habitats and apply for wildlife licences so you can legally operate in woodlands and forests.
Inviting representation on an application from Wild Bioscience Ltd to release a genetically modified organism, reference 22/R55/01.
Protected species, report a sighting
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