Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 83352

Animal Welfare

Tabled: 20 October 2025

Answered: 27 October 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made of the welfare conditions of animals kept by local authorities in public parks.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

Defra has made no specific assessment of the welfare conditions of animals kept by local authorities in public parks. Local authorities that keep or exhibit animals must comply with the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) ...

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