Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 8744
Aquariums and Zoos: Animal Welfare
Tabled: 11 October 2024
Answered: 18 October 2024
Named DayQuestion
Dr Danny Chambers
Liberal Democrat — Winchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department last updated rules for (a) zoos and (b) aquariums on animal welfare.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThe Secretary of State's Standards of Modern Zoo Practice were last updated in 2012. Defra is currently in the process of updating these standards, to ensure all animals in zoos and aquariums are kept in conditions that reflect latest best practice. The d...
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