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How to check if an ivory item you're buying or hiring has been registered or certified as exempt, and what you need to do as a new owner.
Find out how to use nets or traps to catch birds in food premises and safely release them within the terms of your licence.
Trappers of certain species of mammal must use traps that meet international humaneness standards.
How to do a responsible species reintroduction or other conservation translocation that involves moving plants, animals or fungi to another location in the wild.
Find out how to sell wild birds and animals legally and safely, and what licences you need to get.
Find out how and when you can apply to be an accredited consultant for bat roost mitigation work, how to register sites, and if you need to pay.
As a landowner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to release common pheasants or red-legged partridges on specified special protection areas or within their 500-metre buffer zones.
Check if your item is a ‘worked specimen’ and does not need an Article 10 certificate for commercial use of endangered species.
Register for a licence to survey bats using mist nets and acoustic lures for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects.
Get a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of conducting forestry operations.
Get a licence to capture and transport live Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) that are trapped in fisheries to prevent damage.
Explains how the Animal Welfare Act 2006 applies to wildlife.
Who is eligible for Darwin Plus project and fellowship funding, and how to apply.
Find out what you can do to stop deer causing damage to your property.
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 assess a planning application when there are freshwater pearl mussels on or near a proposed development site.
Get a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of undertaking watercourse or drainage maintenance operations.
Licence to survey bats for conservation purposes.
Register for a licence to modify or remove Eurasian beaver dams or damaged burrows outside their breeding season.
Advice for licensed operators on how to cage-trap, vaccinate and mark badgers to control bovine tuberculosis (TB) in England.
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