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Elephants: Animal Welfare

Asked by Adrian RamsayGreen PartyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 25 March 2025UIN 37929

The question

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 the future of elephants in UK zoos.

Answered by 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 Practice, will be published shortly.

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