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How to apply for a licence to modify or remove dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
What you must do to avoid harming birds and when you’ll need a licence.
General licence for the movement of cattle, pigs, sheep, goats and deer
Apply for a licence for science or conservation purposes, or register for a class licence to visit roosts as a volunteer or do surveys; find out if you need to pay and how to report your actions.
Find out how to comment on badger control in Cheshire, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Somerset and Staffordshire.
Find out how to comment on badger control in Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Somerset, and Warwickshire.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
You need the right licence to drive a tractor or specialist vehicle, there are also age limits and specific rules for driving tests
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.
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.
Information on the different types of commercial fishing vessel licences.
A licence to temporarily possess and move dead beavers for post-mortem health and disease testing.
What counts as a bird gathering, and how to notify the Animal and Plant Health Agency.
Find out how to comment on badger control in Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Devon, Cornwall, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire & Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire and Hampshire.
Find out how to comment on badger control in Somerset and Dorset.
Find out how to comment on badger control in Somerset, Dorset, Avon, Cheshire, Devon, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.
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