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Information about keeping wild animals and the laws protecting them.
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In the wild
www.rspca.org.uk/allaboutanimals/wildlife/inthewild
Advice on wildlife. From feeding the birds, to foxes.
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) www.rspca.org.uk/home
Wildlife and Countryside Act
www.rspca.org.uk/allaboutanimals/wildlife/laws/wildl...
Explains some of the key points of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981and what you can do if you think someone has done something illegal to a wild animal.
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) www.rspca.org.uk/home
Protecting British wildlife
content.met.police.uk/Site/protectingbritishwildlife...
Information about crimes against badgers, birds and endangered species, and how you can help protect animals.
Metropolitan Police www.met.police.uk
Legislation and licences that protects wildlife
www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-pets/protecting-wildlife/l...
Certain types of animal and plant are recognised as species of European Community interest and in need of strict legal protection.
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs - Defra www.defra.gov.uk/
Licences to keep wild animals
www.rspca.org.uk/allaboutanimals/wildlife/laws/licen...
Information about the rules that apply to keeping wild animals in captivity.
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) www.rspca.org.uk/home
Importing non-native animals – what you need to know (PDF)
archive.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-pets/wildlife/manageme...
Explains the controls which you must comply with before you import any non-native animal into Great Britain. Covers quarantine, endangered species, keeping dangerous wild animals, and the disposal or release of such animals.
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs - Defra www.defra.gov.uk/
Wild birds and the law
www.naturenet.net/law/birds.html#top
Covers all areas of the law regarding wild birds including sale, hunting, egg collecting and licenses.
Naturenet www.naturenet.net/law/index.html
Bats and the law
www.bats.org.uk/pages/bats_and_the_law.html
A quick guide to the law protecting bats in England and Wales.
Bat Conservation Trust www.bats.org.uk/
Amphibians, reptiles and the law
www.naturenet.net/law/herps.html
The laws about the selling, keeping and releasing of all species of amphibians and reptiles. Also covers the law regarding the killing or injuring of these species and the purposeful damage of their homes.
Naturenet www.naturenet.net/law/index.html
Hunting and the law
https://www.gov.uk/hunting-and-the-law
Information about when hunting is illegal and the penalties for illegal hunting.
GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/
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