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Open and closed season for hunting, what you can use and the wildlife you can hunt
You must follow the rules for hunting and shooting wildlife including:…
You can shoot certain species of game birds, quarry birds and waterfowl…
There are different rules for foxes, deer and other mammals. Foxes It’s…
How to spot chronic wasting disease (CWD), what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
How to spot African swine fever, what to do if you suspect it and how to stop it spreading.
Find out about help you can get moving from benefits to work - training, work trials, starting your own business, help with drug or alcohol problems, carer support
Access the vet summary templates for all species. These should be filled in as part of an animal health and welfare review or endemic disease follow-up.
Find out how much funding you can claim, to reduce endemic diseases and conditions, increase animal productivity and improve animal welfare.
How to solve a pest problem with foxes, moles and mink using traps, snares and other methods.
How to work out the balancing charge when you dispose or sell plant or machinery after claiming full expensing or 50% first year allowances for them.
You must get a movement licence for animals that have been refused a passport, animals born before 1 August 1996 and unregistered calves.
Get permission or a licence to trap crayfish, eels, elvers, salmon, sea trout, lamprey and smelt in England. How to apply and rules to follow.
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