Exoticspecies - epetition response | Number10.gov.uk

Got this today, anyone else got it/seen it?

"Read the Government’s response

The Government believes it is right for people to own and keep animals provided they can meet the animals’ welfare needs. Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 (the “2006 Act”) it is an offence for an owner or keeper of a vertebrate animal to cause it unnecessary suffering or neglect its welfare needs. The 2006 Act introduced a “welfare offence” which means that owners and keepers must provide for the welfare needs of their animals (commonly known as the five freedoms: suitable environment, suitable diet, ability to exhibit normal behaviour patterns, house with or apart from other animals, and protection from pain, suffering, injury and disease). Those that break this law can be fined up to £20,000 or sent to prison. Powers are provided to enforcers to investigate complaints of poor welfare.

Vigorous law is therefore in place to protect captive animals and any new secondary legislation under the 2006 Act to ban or restrict the keeping of certain animals could only be justified if there is robust, peer reviewed and scientifically proven evidence that their welfare is being compromised and the protection provided by the 2006 Act is inadequate. We are not aware of any such evidence with regard to the keeping of primates."

The petition also mentioned reptiles etc. Exactly what relevance does evidence about keeping primates have to keeping snakes??! Did they even read the blasted petition???

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Ive already started this thread look at the one below

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I am a vey bad reptile keeper as once or twice some of my snakes have escaped for a while - sorry to those of you who are better than me

D'oh my apologies, didn't see it!!!!!!

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1.0.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
0.1.0 Royal Python
0.1.0 Hogg Island Cross
3.1.0 Bengal Cats (Blade, Talus, Naboo and Spice)
1.0.0 Fluffy Other Half!! (Craig)
Member number 9717 (thanks Kathryn666!)