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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.
Find the licence and declaration you must use to import animal pathogens and carriers to Great Britain from the EU.
This document explains what the law is and assists each agency in defining their responsibilities.
Supplementing the guidance contained in the Standards of Modern Zoo Practice.
This manual helps practitioners in local authorities and the police in England and Wales in dealing with dog-related incidents.
Guidance for enforcement authorities who use penalty notices for animal health and welfare offences.
How to keep rabbits on farms and your housing health and feed responsibilities.
An overview of beaver activities and the 5-step management approach.
How to manage the health and welfare of poultry during transport, at market and during slaughter.
How to keep farmed goats, and your responsibilities for their health, housing and feed.
How to apply for a licence from Natural England to release beavers into the wild in England.
Find an approved control post to rest livestock being imported to, exported from, or transiting through Great Britain.
Ventilation within your vehicle is important to remove the heat and moisture produced by animals during transport.
How to monitor beaver populations and share data.
How to export or move ungulates (hooved animals) and captive-bred birds to the EU and Northern Ireland for conservation, display, education or research.
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.
This booklet shows how the technique of body condition scoring can contribute significantly to good husbandry and management of dairy cows.
This booklet examines the fire dangers which are commonly found on farms and identifies simple ways in which risks can be reduced.
This booklet shows how the technique of body condition scoring can contribute to good husbandry, welfare and management of beef cows.
A guide to the use of forensic and specialist techniques in the investigation of wildlife crime.
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