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How to manage racing pigeons, birds of prey and other captive birds during a bird flu (avian influenza) outbreak.
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.
Check the air, sea and rail carriers registered with the Animal and Plant Health Agency to transport assistance dogs with their owners.
How to get a licence to sell animals as pets, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
Current rules for exporting horses and other equines (including ponies and donkeys) from the UK.
How to get authorised as an OV, maintain your authorisation and set up a new practice, and what to do if you will be tuberculin (TB) skin testing.
Services provided and contact details for Veterinary Investigation Centres (VICs) and surveillance pathology partners in England and Wales.
How to assess a planning application when there are great crested newts on or near a proposed development site.
How developers can use habitat creation or enhancements to count towards their biodiversity net gain (BNG).
Use this service to find out the rules, and the pest or disease risks for importing plants, plant products or seeds to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) for commercial use.
Find out how to import timber and wood material, including the documents, identity checks and plant health inspections required.
How to register a racing pigeon establishment in England and Wales to move pigeons to the EU or Northern Ireland for racing back to Great Britain.
Find out what you must do as a public body when carrying out or approving activities on or near sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs).
How to import or move fish for human consumption to the UK.
What counts as a bird gathering, and how to notify the Animal and Plant Health Agency.
A biodiversity gain plan shows how a development will achieve biodiversity net gain.
Find out what IPM is and how to apply it on your land.
Add your business to the Animal and Plant Health Agency list of authorised distance plant sellers.
List of organisations that issue horse passports in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
How to register to keep captive schedule 4 birds, when to ring them and when to microchip them.
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