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Successful new format for joint VMD, Veterinary Products Committee open meeting and Pharmaceutical Industry Information Event at the VMD on 25 September 2019
Biosecurity Minister Lord Gardiner and the UK Chief Vet joined a Border Force operation at Heathrow Airport
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The Government has announced proposals on new measures to enhance the welfare of animals and increase woodland cover.
The remit of an expert animal welfare body which advises Government has been expanded to provide research and advice on pets, wild animals kept by people as well as farmed animals.
The Duke of Sussex met British Army personnel deployed to Malawi and paid tribute to Guardsman Matthew Talbot, who sadly died there earlier this year
Strategy will help to preserve this threatened species in the future
New funding to halt loss of and reverse the damage already done to the world’s mangroves and forests which are vital to protecting many species already so close to extinction.
Importers and exporters of animals and animal products are being urged to prepare for Brexit
PM to launch new biodiversity fund dedicated to saving the world’s most endangered animals.
Major review calls for biggest shakeup of the running of England’s National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty since they were founded 70 years ago.
Updated guidance has been issued on the movement of horses and other equines.
Environmental forces mobilised to deal with American Signal Crayfish invasion
The Perry Barr and Witton flood scheme will bring benefits for people and wildlife.
Tipping chemicals left over from his plant nursery business onto gravel ended up in a stream and killing hundreds of fish.
Salmon and trout can now ascend Trews Weir in Exeter after the water level of the River Exe dropped several metres.
Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers launches public survey as part of planned review of general licences to manage wild birds in England.
A project to revitalise one of Yorkshire's longest river has been given a further boost after The National Lottery Heritage Fund announced today it had awarded a £714,000 grant to the Environment Agency to return salmon …
Defra will review the way in which the release of gamebirds on or near protected sites in England is managed following a proposed legal challenge.
Badger control licences published by Natural England
Environment Agency teams are relocating hundreds of native crayfish to help boost their numbers.
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