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How to operate a zoo, including understanding licences and inspections.
Find out about a specific tree pest or disease, including its lifecycle, the type of damage it does, and what to do about it.
Private non-validated or unapproved TB testing in cattle carried out by private vets in England, conditions for testing and how to get permission from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
The measures that must be taken by animal feed businesses to legally trade feed between GB, NI, the EU, and non-EU countries from 1 January 2021.
When you can bring seal, walrus and sea lion products into Great Britain. How recognised authorities can get approval to export seal products to Great Britain for trade.
The licences you must have to import animal pathogens or carriers to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
Current quota catch limits for the over 10 metres non-sector pool including details on 3 monthly limits for stocks
How to apply for a licence to modify or remove dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
How a marketing authorisation holder should report a defect with a veterinary medicine.
How to set up a compost or biogas site, UK and EU standards explained, and alternative treatment methods for animal by-products (ABPs).
When you can get permission to catch eel or elver by trap or net in England. How to apply and rules to follow.
Reduce the risk of disease and find out where listed diseases have been confirmed in England and Wales
Register for a licence to survey barn owls to assess the effect of a development project on them.
How to get trained to set cage traps for, vaccinate and mark badgers.
How to manage racing pigeons, birds of prey and other captive birds during a bird flu (avian influenza) outbreak.
Find out how to use nets or traps to catch birds in food premises and safely release them within the terms of your licence.
The systematic survey of the UK’s coastal waters
Explains how the Animal Welfare Act 2006 applies to wildlife.
Terms and conditions for paying for a wildlife licence to carry out work that affects wildlife and its habitat.
Get a licence to capture and transport live Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) that are trapped in fisheries to prevent damage.
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