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Animal Welfare: Standards

Asked by Andrew RosindellReform UKDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 18 March 2025UIN 35238

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with her international counterparts on raising animal welfare standards within (a) zoos and (b) aquariums internationally.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

While the UK has a wider programme of international engagement on animal welfare, there have been no recent discussions with international counterparts on raising animal welfare standards within zoos or aquariums specifically.

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