Circuses: Animal Welfare
(asked on 28th February 2017) - 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 (a) wild animals and (b) different species of animal are licensed under the Welfare of Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (England) Regulations 2012.
This question was answered on 6th March 2017
I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for York Central on 31st January 2017, 61557. Circus animals licenced to perform in circuses are licensed under the Welfare of Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (England) Regulations 2012.