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You need a licence to keep certain kinds of wild or dangerous animals: contact your council for more information
Apply for a licence to sell captive birds without the correct close ring (excluding diurnal birds of prey) and find out how to report your actions.
Report and renewal form for the licence to disturb wild birds for science or photography.
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.
Apply to control wild birds for air safety, conservation, public health and safety or to prevent disease or agricultural damage.
Wild animals cannot be exhibited or used in a performance as part of a travelling circus in England.
Apply for a licence to disturb protected species of wild birds for science, education and conservation work and find out how to report your actions.
Competent authorities must help to protect wild bird habitats on land and at sea, and avoid pollution to protect wild bird populations.
Product Recall for Wild Planet Mood Boost Tea Lights presenting a risk of fire.
How to assess a planning application when there are wild birds on or near a proposed development site.
Product Safety Report for Rocky & Chao Wild Animal Hand Puppets presenting a serious risk of choking due to easy access to small parts and fibrous filling.
What you must do to avoid harming birds and when you’ll need a licence.
Apply to control wild birds, including the lesser black-backed gull and herring gull, to conserve plants and animals or protect public health and safety.
Find out how to sell wild birds and animals legally and safely, and what licences you need to get.
Apply for a licence to disturb, kill or take protected birds or their eggs for science, education or conservation and find out how to report your actions.
Find out which plants are banned from sale, which need a licence and how to get a licence.
How to deal with wild birds causing a health or safety issue, or a problem on your farm or fishery and when you need a licence.
We are looking for novel proposals to create at least 100ha of new woodland to be planted by 31 March 2025.
How your personal information is used when you report dead wild birds.
Apply for a licence to disturb protected species of wild birds for photography and find out how to report your actions.
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