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Guidance for local authorities on licence conditions and keepers’ responsibilities for privately kept primates.
This document provides advice on owning a horse, pony, donkey or hybrid.
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 apply for a licence to capture, transport and re-release beavers or modify or remove beaver dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
How to keep pets such as cats and dogs safe from bird flu.
Code of recommendations and guidance for laying hens, meat chickens, ducks, turkeys and other birds bred on farms.
How to operate a zoo, including understanding licences and inspections.
If you’re responsible for a farm animal you must make sure that you care for it properly.
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.
How to keep beef cattle and dairy cows on a farm, including your responsibilities for their food and housing.
How to get a licence to keep animals for exhibition, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
Find out about the different marine species and how they are protected UK wildlife legislation.
Why you need a marine wildlife licence if you are going to disturb a protected species, how to apply and how to report an incident.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on how to apply for an authorisation to place a veterinary medicine on the UK market or part of, or to expire one.
How to apply for a licence to hire out horses, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
Find the licence and declaration you must use to import animal pathogens and carriers to Great Britain from the EU.
This guidance document has been published to help local authorities carry out their duties.
Wild animals cannot be exhibited or used in a performance as part of a travelling circus in England.
What to do if you think you've seen a wildlife crime.
How to keep and breed pigs, and your responsibilities for housing, feeding and looking after them.
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