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Wild animals cannot be exhibited or used in a performance as part of a travelling circus in England.
How to keep rabbits on farms and your housing health and feed responsibilities.
An overview of beaver activities and the 5-step management approach.
How to keep farmed goats, and your responsibilities for their health, housing and feed.
Supplementing the guidance contained in the Standards of Modern Zoo Practice.
How to notify the Marine Management Organisation that you are carrying out a seismic or geophysical survey.
Webinars about what you can do to protect the health and welfare of animals you keep or work with from notifiable and reportable animal diseases.
You can appeal against certain decisions made by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) that affect you.
Guidance explaining the different categories of animal by-products, how they should be used or disposed of, and where this can be done.
Ventilation within your vehicle is important to remove the heat and moisture produced by animals during transport.
This document sets out the broad governance framework within which the VMD and Defra operate.
The code provides game farmers with information on how to meet the welfare needs of their animals, required in the Animal Welfare Act 2006.
Find an approved control post to rest livestock being imported to, exported from, or transiting through Great Britain.
How to keep farmed deer healthy and your responsibilities for deer health, housing and handling.
This booklet examines the fire dangers which are commonly found on farms and identifies simple ways in which risks can be reduced.
This booklet highlights the welfare issues and reminds producers of the important key points in preventing and/or dealing with problems.
How to manage the health and welfare of poultry during transport, at market and during slaughter.
Guidance for veterinary medicines manufacturers and wholesale dealers in GB on selling and supplying products placed on the EU and UK markets before 1 January 2021 and the evidence you may need to provide.
The guidance is a distillation of the views expressed at workshops on tackling the issue without beak trimming.
How to identify if Eurasian beavers are on your land.
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