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What you must do to bring your pet to the UK from Ukraine if you are seeking refuge.
Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.
What you must do to protect the welfare of animals during transport.
How to register to keep captive schedule 4 birds, when to ring them and when to microchip them.
Use this service to register an ivory item or apply for an exemption certificate to deal in ivory.
When your pet must go in quarantine, how to book a pet carrier and quarantine premises, and how to get your pet released from quarantine.
Find out what documents you need, and records you must keep, to meet animal welfare in transport requirements.
What livestock keepers must do when they intend to use someone else's land or buildings temporarily.
Signs that may suggest rabies in bats, what to do if you spot them and measures to prevent exposing yourself to the disease.
Information on practices and procedures covered under the Plant Varieties Act 1997, the Plant Breeders’ Rights Regulations 1998 and the Seeds Regulations 2001.
Plant health controls, imports and exports, certification schemes, plant passporting and listed quarantine plant pests.
Animal by-products (ABPs) you can use to make pet food, how to provide samples, and how to package your products.
How to prevent the introduction and spread of animal and bird disease by following good hygiene and biosecurity standards.
Who to contact if you keep livestock (including as pets) when your registered details change.
Designated land, sea and air ports for trading or moving CITES-listed endangered animals, plants, or their parts and derivatives.
Guidance for exporters in EU and non-EU countries on how to complete health certificates to export animals and animal products to Great Britain.
Find bird flu disease control zones and the rules you must follow in each zone.
Current rules for exporting horses and other equines (including ponies and donkeys) from the UK.
What you need to do to export live animals from the UK.
How to apply for a licence, when you need a licence, fees, licence conditions and records you must keep.
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