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Zoos: Animal Welfare

Asked by Adam JogeeLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 9 June 2025UIN 55677

The question

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.

Answered by 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 reflect the latest in best practice for keeping wild animals in zoos and aquariums.

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