Mammals: Imports
(asked on 24th November 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what species of non-domestic mammals have been imported to the UK from (a) within and (b) outside the EU in each year since 2010; and if she will make a statement.
The number and species of non-domestic mammals imported from within and outside the EU since 2010 are available in the following table;
EU Imports | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 (to 25 Nov) |
Artiodactyla (Hoofed animals) | 263 | 218 | 100 | 307 | 298 |
Carnivora excluding domestic cats, dogs and ferrets | 53 | 82 | 252 | 173 | 171 |
Cetaceans (marine mammals) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Chiroptera (bats) | 0 | 2 | 114 | 4 | 0 |
Dasyuromorphia (carnivorous marsupials) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Diprotodontia (marsupials) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 |
Hyracoidea (herbivorous mammals) | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Insectivora (mammals such as hedgehogs) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
Lagomorpha (hares, rabbits) * | 2743 | 3840 | 7309 | 9571 | 10255 |
Macroscelidaes (shrew-like animals) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
EU Imports | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 (to 25 Nov) |
Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates such as tapirs) | 23 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 18 |
Pinnipedae (marine mammals such as seals) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Primates | 222 | 248 | 165 | 388 | 230 |
Proboscidea (trunked mammals such as elephants) | 1 | 3 | 301 | 2 | 1 |
Rodentia* (rodents) | 32781 | 18985 | 12083 | 18604 | 18437 |
Tubulidentae (aadvarks) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Xenarthra (ant eaters) | 5 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
Total | 36107 | 23412 | 20363 | 31124 | 29444 |
Outside EU Imports | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
Primates | 1937 | 1601 | 1479 | 1601 | 1612 |
Lagomorphs* (hares/ rabbits) | 872 | 4 | 38 | 348 | 184 |
Other | 1234 | 1549 | 3836 | 8034 | 16296 |
Total | 4043 | 3154 | 5353 | 9983 | 18092 |
* These figures could potentially include domestic animals.