Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 97785
Nature Conservation
Tabled: 8 December 2025
Answered: 16 December 2025
Question
Sarah Champion
Labour — Rotherham
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to work with the UK’s zoos and aquariums to provide opportunities for conservation translocations and the reintroduction of native species as set out in the Environm
Answer
Mary CreaghThe Zoo Licensing Act 1981 requires zoos in Great Britain to undertake conservation work which can include where appropriate, the repopulation of an area with, or the reintroduction into the wild of, wild animals. Defra is committed to providing opportuni...
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