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You may need a licence if you can’t avoid disturbing protected birds and animals to survey, film or photograph them.
Find out how to validate your facility when you seek approval to open, including special requirements for continuous and blood processors.
Find out what animal by-products (material with animal content) you can use in a small scale compost heap and if your heap needs approval.
Plants that you need a licence to sell.
Get a general licence to release native and formerly native wild bird or animal species whose release is normally prohibited.
Invited applicants can apply for a grant to add a veranda onto, or to upgrade or replace existing laying hen or pullet housing to improve animal health and welfare. Applications closed at 11.59pm on 28 April 2026.
Owners or occupiers of land, or people authorised by them, can use this general licence to release common pheasants or red-legged partridges on special areas of conservation and within their 500m buffer zones.
Register for a licence to survey great crested newts for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects - and report actions taken under a licence.
Get a licence to possess and transport dead specimens of certain plants and animals for scientific or educational purposes.
Webinars about what you can do to protect the health and welfare of animals you keep or work with from notifiable and reportable animal diseases.
How to take samples and choose an appropriate diagnostic test for common clinical presentations in livestock and wildlife.
This manual helps practitioners in local authorities and the police in England and Wales in dealing with dog-related incidents.
A list of designated responsible bodies able to enter into conservation covenant agreements with landowners in England.
Lists of confined establishments in Great Britain, Jersey and the Isle of Man approved to export or move ungulates to the EU and Northern Ireland.
How to manage game birds during a bird flu (avian influenza) outbreak.
The Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund (IWTCF) is a UK government competitive grants scheme aimed at eradicating the illegal trade in wildlife.
Apply to register, renew, or vary a Veterinary Homeopathic Remedy.
How to use the Northern Ireland plant health label (NIPHL) scheme to move used agricultural and forestry machinery or vehicles (UAFM) from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
How to apply for a commercial domestic fishing licence for vessels over 10 metres.
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