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Get a general licence to take mallard duck eggs for incubation and rearing in captivity as long as you release them later in the year.
Explains how the Animal Welfare Act 2006 applies to wildlife.
Use this general licence to capture and temporarily possess live bats to test for European bat lyssavirus and kill those with the virus.
Advice for licensed operators on how to cage-trap, vaccinate and mark badgers to control bovine tuberculosis (TB) in England.
Get a general licence to sell dead wild birds and their parts.
Information for landowners about how Natural England investigates reports of death or injury to wildlife or pets where pesticides may be involved.
Trappers of certain species of mammal must use traps that meet international humaneness standards.
How the Animal and Plant Health Agency and other enforcement bodies can use enforcement and sanctioning powers to secure compliance with illegal ivory dealing.
Products and chemicals you can use in or near a bat roost if bats are not present.
Register for a licence to set up feeding stations for hen harriers in northern England and report your actions.
Use this general licence to rear chicks from the incubated eggs of captive-bred schedule 4 birds for a limited period.
Find out how to control wild geese populations using egg oiling or by round-up and culling, if you’re permitted to do so under the terms of your licence.
Get a general licence to temporarily possess and transport dead bats for testing as part of the passive surveillance for bat rabies project.
Get a licence to release non-native bumblebee species in commercial glasshouses or polytunnels for crop pollination and research when native species are not available.
Get a general licence to sell dead wild red squirrels and pine martens.
Get a general licence to kill or take ruddy ducks, or damage or destroy their nests and eggs.
Use this licence to take shrews to ring or mark them, or for scientific or educational purposes.
Find out what you can do to stop deer causing damage to your property.
Get a general licence to sell black-headed gull eggs for human consumption if you're a retailer or restaurateur.
Only farmed salmon and sea trout, and wild fish caught in legal net and trap fisheries, can be legally bought and sold in England.
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