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Use this form to submit samples to test pets for rabies antibodies for international pet travel schemes.
Report your missing or lost dog to the council's dog warden service
Horses, ponies, asses, donkeys and zebras must have a horse passport and it must be with the animal at all times
Apply for a licence to carry out work that may affect European protected species.
Apply for a licence to shoot deer during the closed season or at night and find out how to report your actions.
Follow the conditions in this general licence to hold a gathering of captive psittaciformes, birds of prey and racing pigeons.
If you find a stranded whale or dolphin you need to report it straight away - what to do, who to call
Public bodies should use this form to give notice of a proposed operation affecting a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) that needs Natural England’s agreement.
Use this form to submit samples from animals for laboratory testing to meet the requirements for an export health certificate.
Register for a licence to monitor setts or evict and exclude badgers from setts or to destroy them for development or to prevent serious damage.
Information about the welfare of horses on farms and livery yards and how to dispose of waste and fallen stock.
Apply for a licence to kill, take, disturb or possess a protected species for survey, research or conservation work.
Apply for a licence to possess European protected species and Habitats Directive (annexes II(b) and IV) species for science and education and find out how to report your actions.
As a group of fisheries, apply for a licence to control cormorants causing serious damage within a defined area or catchment.
Apply for a licence to carry out work that may affect hazel dormice, find out if you need to pay and how to report your actions.
Apply for a licence to interfere with badger setts during development work and find out how to report your actions.
Use this form if you plan to use herbicides to control weeds in water or on the banks next to a waterbody or watercourse.
Templates for creating a biodiversity gain plan for a phased development, to send to your local planning authority.
Complete this form if you’ve been invited to apply for woodland management actions under Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier.
Use this form to tell Natural England about any actions you took under a European protected species mitigation licence.
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