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Animal Products: Import Controls

Asked by Andrew RosindellReform UKDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 29 April 2025UIN 45540

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department issues import permits for hunting trophies of cheetahs.

Answered by Mary Creagh

The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), an executive agency of Defra, is responsible for issuing import permits for hunting trophies. APHA only issue import permits when the strict criteria set out in the UK Wildlife Trade Regulations are satisfied, including that the import does not have a detrimental impact on the conservation status of a species.

Data on permits issued for hunting trophies is publicly available on the CITES trade database - https://trade.cites.org/

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