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Apply to import a medicine for veterinary use into the UK.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
Report farm animal welfare concerns in England to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
What you must do to avoid harming birds and when you’ll need a licence.
How to apply for a licence to offer boarding for cats and dogs, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
As a vet or pharmacist, you must follow legal requirements when working with controlled drugs in veterinary medicine.
Guidance for businesses that import meat, dairy, eggs and animal products for human consumption. Check import rules, restrictions and what documents you need.
Check if you need a licence or phytosanitary certificate to export or move plants and plant products.
How to apply for licences and stay compliant if you use, breed or supply animals under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
Prescribing or supplying veterinary medicines including requirements for registration and inspection of premises.
What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
Register for a licence to kill deer at night by shooting during the open season.
How to assess a planning application when there are bats on or near a proposed development site.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) from the EU, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
How to import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.
Find out what you must do before you get a pet pig, how to register as a keeper and get a pig walking licence and what you can feed pet pigs.
Find out what you must do as a public body when carrying out or approving activities on or near sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs).
How to assess sector-specific planning applications that could affect air quality on a protected site.
How enforcement officers can apply the conformation standard to check if a dog is an XL Bully.
A list of organisations in England, Scotland and Wales that inspect and certify animals and animal products for export. The list does not include every certifier.
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