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How to report dead wild birds.
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
Find out how you can control pests on your property - help from professionals, methods you can and cannot use, protecting wildlife, getting a wildlife licence
Find out which licence you might need to carry out work that affects wildlife and its habitat, how to apply and when you might need to pay.
You need a licence to keep certain kinds of wild or dangerous animals: contact your council for more information
Wild animals cannot be exhibited or used in a performance as part of a travelling circus in England.
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.
Report a dead or injured animal such as a badger, fox or domestic pet found on the road
Use this guidance and form to apply for an exemption from CITES fees because of conservation work.
Find out how to sell wild birds and animals legally and safely, and what licences you need to get.
Guidance for charge point operators.
Apply to control wild birds for air safety, conservation, public health and safety or to prevent disease or agricultural damage.
How to register to keep captive schedule 4 birds, when to ring them and when to microchip them.
Find out which plants are banned from sale, which need a licence and how to get a licence.
Check if your import, export or re-export needs a permit or certificate under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
How to assess a planning application when there are wild birds on or near a proposed development site.
What you must do to avoid harming birds and when you’ll need a licence.
Wildlife protection - find out if you need a licence to kill, disturb or move animals, birds or fish
Guidance for sellers.
Find out how to apply VAT zero rating for the supply of those plants and seeds that are used to grow food for human consumption.
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