Animals and Wildlife

These guidelines are aimed at those who bring animals onto BBC premises, those who make programmes involving animals as performers or as the subject of observational documentaries.

Animals include birds, reptiles, fish, insects, spiders and many other species. Two apparently similar animals can present very different hazards - venomous and non-venomous snakes for example, or domestic and feral cats.  Animals can cause injury, by bites, scratches, infection or infestation; allergies, in some people.  Some people have phobias about particular kinds of animals - extreme fears about spiders or snakes, for example.