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  • Bovine TB: future badger control policy and cattle measure proposals

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

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Proposed changes to wildlife licence charges: how to comment

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

    • From: Natural England
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  • Avian influenza (bird flu): infection in wild birds and wild mammals

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

    • From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Animal health and welfare framework (2018)

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

    • From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
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  • Beavers: protection and management

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

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Animal health and welfare: provisional common framework

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

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Hunting trophies: controlling imports to and exports from the UK

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

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Hunting trophies: call for evidence

    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.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • VMD Regulatory Science Strategy 2021-2026

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

    • From: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
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  • Fur market in Great Britain

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

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Welfare of primates as pets in England: call for evidence

    Seeking evidence on the welfare of pet primates in England.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Non-elephant ivory trade: call for evidence

    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.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Animal disease control strategy: rabies

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

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Ivory Bill 2018

    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.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government