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How to legally kill your own poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits and hares to eat at home.
How to legally carry out slaughter without stunning in accordance with religious rites, including how to restrain and bleed the animal.
Call costs for 0800, 0808, 0845, 0870, 03 and other phone numbers from UK landlines and mobiles.
Congestion on the Strategic Road Network (motorways and ‘A’ roads managed by National Highways), and on locally managed ‘A’ roads for July 2024 to June 2025.
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.
Certain vessels must use an acoustic deterrent device, known as a 'pinger', to reduce the level of dolphin and porpoise (cetacean) by-catch.
Navigation, passage planning, pilotage service, mooring details and charges for boaters using Rye Harbour.
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