Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 37929

Elephants: Animal Welfare

Tabled: 12 March 2025

Answered: 25 March 2025

Question

Adrian Ramsay

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has plans to publish (a) the Elephant Welfare Group's report, (b) the Government's response to the Elephant Welfare Group's report; and what his Department's policy is on th

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

The Government’s policy on the keeping of elephants in zoos will be set out with the publication of the new Standards of Modern Zoo Practice for Great Britain. The new Standards, which will replace the current Secretary of State’s Standards of Modern Zoo ...

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