Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 55677
Zoos: Animal Welfare
Tabled: 30 May 2025
Answered: 9 June 2025
Question
Adam Jogee
Labour — Newcastle-under-Lyme
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of updates to the Standards of Modern Zoo Practice for Great Britain on animal welfare standards at zoos.
Answer
Daniel Zeichner The Government published new Standards of Modern Zoo Practice for Great Britain on 24 May 2025. The Standards will come into force from May 2027 and will replace the current 2012 Secretary of State’s Standards of Modern Zoo Practice. The new Standards re...
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