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Trappers of certain species of mammal must use traps that meet international humaneness standards.
How to do a responsible species reintroduction or other conservation translocation that involves moving plants, animals or fungi to another location in the wild.
Check if a CITES item that you want to import is listed as having an import suspension due to its trade being considered unsustainable.
Use this licence to take shrews to ring or mark them, or for scientific or educational purposes.
Get a general licence to remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs from wild birds' nests between 1 September and 31 January.
How to apply for a licence to capture, transport and re-release beavers or modify or remove beaver dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
Find out how to sell wild birds and animals legally and safely, and what licences you need to get.
Get a general licence to keep birds in show cages that don't meet size requirements.
Get a licence to capture and transport live Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) that are trapped in fisheries to prevent damage.
Use this general licence to rear chicks from the incubated eggs of captive-bred schedule 4 birds for a limited period.
Licence to train volunteer bat roost visitors and survey bats for conservation.
Register for a licence to modify or remove Eurasian beaver dams or damaged burrows outside their breeding season.
Get a general licence to kill or take ruddy ducks, or damage or destroy their nests and eggs.
Get a general licence to sell dead wild birds and their parts.
Use this general licence to capture and temporarily possess live bats to test for European bat lyssavirus and kill those with the virus.
How Defra will use your personal information when you submit a nomination for a Bees' Needs champion award.
Only farmed salmon and sea trout, and wild fish caught in legal net and trap fisheries, can be legally bought and sold in England.
Advice for licensed operators on how to cage-trap, vaccinate and mark badgers to control bovine tuberculosis (TB) in England.
How to monitor beaver populations and share data.
Get a general licence to show certain species of captive bred birds in competition.
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