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Find the licence and declaration you must use to import animal pathogens and carriers to Great Britain from the EU.
Register for a licence to modify or remove Eurasian beaver dams or damaged burrows outside their breeding season.
Get a general licence to keep birds in show cages that don't meet size requirements.
Guidance for enforcement authorities who use penalty notices for animal health and welfare offences.
Applications for a certificate of exemption have now closed.
How to get and maintain a Food Competent Certifying Officer (FCCO) qualification.
How to check if an ivory item you're buying or hiring has been registered or certified as exempt, and what you need to do as a new owner.
This licence allows you to move samples from premises in a protection zone or surveillance zone for salmonella testing.
This manual helps practitioners in local authorities and the police in England and Wales in dealing with dog-related incidents.
A webinar for veterinary professionals about how to identify and report a rabies case.
How your personal information is used when you report dead wild birds.
Guidance on the methods that can be used to help manage wild birds like geese, gulls and pigeons without a licence.
How to get trained to set cage traps for, vaccinate and mark badgers.
Competent authorities must take action to help protect, conserve and restore the protected habitats and species of European sites.
How to apply for a licence to cover work that will have a low impact on great crested newts and their habitats.
How to prepare a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
How to deal with wild birds causing a health or safety issue, or a problem on your farm or fishery and when you need a licence.
Find out how and when you can apply to be an accredited consultant for bat roost mitigation work, how to register sites, and if you need to pay.
Guidance explaining the different categories of animal by-products, how they should be used or disposed of, and where this can be done.
Recognised breed societies for bovine, ovine, porcine and caprine species, and recognised breed operations for hybrid breeding pigs.
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