MPs Announce a New Inquiry into Primates Kept as Pets
Wild Futures is delighted that the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee this week announced and launched an inquiry into the keeping of primates as pets.
It seeks written evidence on the following:
- The extent of the trade and keeping of primates as pets within the UK
- Whether the existing regulatory framework and Code of Practice offer adequate protection for the welfare of primates kept as pets and are being applied effectively; and
- Whether people should be allowed to keep primates as pets and, if not, how a ban might be implemented.
Wild Futures will be preparing their written evidence and submitting by the deadline date of 14th January 2014.
For more information on the inquiry please visit: http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/environment-food-and-rural-affairs-committee/news/primates-as-pets/
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Release date: 13th December 2013.