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Wildlife and animal welfare

Policy papers and consultations

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  • Consultation on proposals to evolve badger control policy and support responsible cattle movements and purchasing. This is part of the Bovine TB Eradication Strategy.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Find out about plans to change some of the fees Natural England charges for wildlife licences.

  • How the government monitors the spread and mitigates the impact of avian influenza in wild birds and wild mammals in Great Britain.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • A framework to help local authorities in England carry out controls under animal health and welfare legislation.

  • This paper outlines the laws protecting Eurasian beavers and their habitats and the steps to follow when managing Eurasian beavers in England.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • How the UK government and devolved governments propose to work together in animal health and welfare policy areas.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Seeking views on whether to introduce further restrictions on hunting trophies entering or leaving the UK.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • We are asking for evidence to help us understand more about the scale of imports and export of hunting trophies to and from the UK, and their impacts.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Creating a modernised and responsive scientific basis for regulating veterinary medicines.

  • Seeking views on the fur market in Great Britain to help shape government policy in relation to the fur trade.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Seeking evidence on the welfare of pet primates in England.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Seeking evidence on trade in ivory from other, non-elephant, species to help inform what, if any, action government should take to further restrict trade in ivory.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • This document sets out a framework for how an outbreak of rabies in animals in Great Britain would be managed.

  • The Ivory Bill will ban the commercial use of ivory in the UK. It was introduced to the House of Commons on 23 May 2018 and received Royal Assent on 20 December 2018.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government