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Find out how to use nets or traps to catch birds in food premises and safely release them within the terms of your licence.
How to register to keep captive schedule 4 birds, when to ring them and when to microchip them.
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
Open and closed season for hunting, what you can use and the wildlife you can hunt
How to manage game birds during a bird flu (avian influenza) outbreak.
Get a licence to catch certain birds trapped on food premises.
When and how to test for salmonella if you breed chickens, and what happens if a flock tests positive. Testing is part of the salmonella national control programme (NCP).
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep birds safe from bird flu (avian influenza).
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.
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