Guidance: Pet travel: approved air, sea and rail carriers and routes

Check the transport companies and routes you can use to bring your pet cat, dog or ferret to England, Scotland or Wales.




Press release: Avian influenza (bird flu) identified at Cheshire broiler breeder rearing unit

The risk to public health from the virus is very low and the Food Standards Agency advises that bird flu poses a very low food safety risk.




Rural crime crackdown in the North East

The Environment Agency and Durham Constabulary have joined forces in a rural crime crackdown in Weardale.




Press release: Defra launches the Healthy Bees Plan 2030 to help protect honey bees

Honey bees contribute directly to local food production and make an important contribution, through pollination, to crop production and the wider environment.




New antibiotics usage survey seeks sheep farmers’ views

Farmers and vets are being asked to take part in a survey which aims to establish the amount of antibiotics used in the Scottish sheep industry.