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Keeping animals

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  • Animal welfare requirements
  • Applying for a GMO permit
  • Approval and registration of dairy companies
  • Assembling and exhibiting animals
  • Bans on physical interventions involving animals
  • CITES regulations for trade in protected flora and fauna
  • Credit Guarantee Scheme for Agriculture (BL)
  • Fighting animal diseases
  • Import of animals and animal products
  • Killing and slaughtering animals
  • Leg rings for protected bird species
  • Livestock identification and registration (I&R)
  • Phytosanitary and veterinary export certificate
  • Records of trading in protected animals and plants
  • Registration and accreditation with the NVWA
  • Registration and microchipping of dogs, and dog passports
  • Starting a protected animals shelter
  • Transport of live animals
  • Zoo Licence
  • Zootechnical certificate and pedigree book

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