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How your personal information is used when you report dead wild birds.
Find out what experience and references you need to support your application or registration, and what form your referees need to complete.
Register for a licence to temporarily mark hazel dormice to survey for research, conservation or development projects – and report actions taken under the licence.
Information responsible authorities should include in a local nature recovery strategy.
Get a licence to possess and transport dead specimens of certain plants and animals for scientific or educational purposes.
Register for licences to cage-trap and mark badgers (Meles meles) for vaccinating them against bovine tuberculosis (TB) to help prevent the spread of disease.
Vaccination policy, guidance and authorisation requests for avian influenza vaccination in zoo birds.
Get a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of undertaking watercourse or drainage maintenance operations.
Register for a licence to survey bats using harp traps for scientific, research, or educational purposes including informing development projects - and report actions taken under the licence.
How to assess a planning application when there are Eurasian beavers on or near a proposed development site.
Guidance on the Batch Release Request scheme for an immunological veterinary medicine to be placed on the UK market.
How to assess a planning application when there are freshwater pearl mussels on or near a proposed development site.
How to get approval to transport pet cats, dogs and ferrets, and when you must transport assistance dogs with their owners.
Vets can contact APHA to get expert advice about unusual animal disease or mortality in England and Wales.
We have a team of experts who specialise in technical aspects of maritime baselines, limits, zones and boundaries.
Information for vets and vet nurses about the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) provisional decision in its veterinary services market investigation.
Use this licence to take shrews to ring or mark them, or for scientific or educational purposes.
Use this general licence to keep disabled schedule 4 wild birds for up to 6 weeks to rehabilitate them.
A best practice guide to assist with the design and implementation of Payments for Ecosystem Services schemes.
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