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This document provides advice on owning a dog.
Information for pest controllers about the rules for using glue traps to catch rodents and how to apply for a licence.
If you buy a pet dog or cat, it’s important that you make checks to help combat the illegal trade in pet animals.
Find out what you need to do to keep wild birds or animals legally and safely, including when you need a licence and how to get one.
South West byelaws are statutory (regulated by law) rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take.
Information for developers on how to avoid harming protected areas and species during development work.
Register for a licence to survey bats using torches for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects.
How to assess a planning application when there are badgers on or near a proposed development site.
Powers that police, councils and other authorities can use to control or improve the behaviour of dogs.
Apply to control wild birds for air safety, conservation, public health and safety or to prevent disease or agricultural damage.
How to manage game birds during a bird flu (avian influenza) outbreak.
How to understand each part of your fishing vessel licence – vessel details, conditions, schedule, annex and their current copies.
How to control rabbits on your property or business using traps, snares and other methods.
If you use, produce or supply wood packaging material (WPM) to move goods to or from the EU or the rest of the world, you must make sure it meets international standards.
Register for a licence to survey bats using your hand, artificial light, endoscopes and hand-held nets for scientific, research or educational purposes, including for commissioned surveys in relation to proposed developments.
As a planning authority, find out how to review applications that might affect protected sites and areas.
How to create and implement a conservation covenant agreement to preserve your land in England.
How to trade or move CITES-listed specimens through designated UK ports and airports.
How to import or move high risk food and feed of non-animal origin from the EU to Great Britain.
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