Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 50987
Cheetahs: Hunting
Tabled: 8 May 2025
Answered: 15 May 2025
Question
Blake Stephenson
Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to continue approving permits for British trophy hunters who shoot Cheetahs to bring the trophies back to the UK.
Answer
Mary CreaghThe Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), an executive agency of Defra, is responsible for issuing import permits for hunting trophies. APHA will continue to issue import permits only when the strict criteria set out in the UK Wildlife Trade Regulations ...
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