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Laws and regulations protecting farm animals at shows and markets, including the suitability of pens, cages or hutches
Advice and guidance on protecting animal welfare.
If you’re responsible for a farm animal you must make sure that you care for it properly.
How to manage the health and welfare of poultry during transport, at market and during slaughter.
Code of recommendations and guidance for laying hens, meat chickens, ducks, turkeys and other birds bred on farms.
Guidance on animal welfare for slaughterhouses, knacker's yards, small-scale producers and private individuals.
Find out which services and goods relating to welfare are exempt from VAT, and if welfare services and goods that you provide can be exempt from VAT.
Government launches new plans to protect and improve the lives of our pets, farmed and wild animals
How to keep and breed pigs, and your responsibilities for housing, feeding and looking after them.
Ministerial determinations relating to Universal Credit.
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