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Know which licence or certificate you must have to restrain, stun or kill animals which are not for human consumption, and how to carry out these operations.
Rules on restraining methods, stunning pens, captive bolt, gas and electrical stunning equipment, bleeding animals and shackling and hoisting animals.
How to legally carry out slaughter without stunning in accordance with religious rites, including how to restrain and bleed the animal.
How to legally kill your own poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits and hares to eat at home.
Wes Streeting, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, addressed the NHS Providers Conference in Manchester to talk about the next steps for reforming the NHS.
The licence or certificate you need to slaughter or kill animals, the operations covered and how to apply.
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