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Guidance on section 14 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, which prevents the wild release of certain plants and animals in England and Wales.
How to get authorised as an OV, maintain your authorisation and set up a new practice, and what to do if you will be tuberculin (TB) skin testing.
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.
Apply for a licence to kill or take fish-eating birds causing significant damage to a fishery, and report your actions.
The conditions you must follow if you carry out cage trapping and dispatch of wild birds under Defra and Natural England licences.
Code of recommendations and guidance for laying hens, meat chickens, ducks, turkeys and other birds bred on farms.
Ecologists can use European protected species (EPS) policies on development sites to benefit EPS by changing survey, mitigation or compensation methods.
Registers of authorised manufacturers, wholesale dealer sites and retailers.
How Natural England will tell you if your land is selected as a site of special scientific interest, or if there are changes to its designation.
Where Great Britain will accept verifiable PDF GB health certificates from, to import live animals and animal products through TRACES or other systems.
What to include in a habitat management and monitoring plan (HMMP) to improve biodiversity for the long term.
Find out what you can do to prevent tree pests and diseases from establishing and spreading.
How public bodies can get advice from Natural England about notice and getting assent for activities on protected sites.
How to register a racing pigeon loft in England and Wales to move pigeons to the EU or Northern Ireland for racing back to Great Britain.
Find out about the different marine species and how they are protected UK wildlife legislation.
Guidance for vets on canine brucellosis from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
This document provides advice on owning a horse, pony, donkey or hybrid.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on how to apply to vary a veterinary Marketing Authorisation (MA) or Homeopathic Remedy.
Find out when and how to report a notifiable tree pest or disease in the UK, and information on services such as Tree Alert, TreeCheck and Observatree.
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