Hi GG, hope you and R are well,
The problem we have and this is where its all coming from,
A new policy on article ten [can still be overturned] but a policy all the same is saying that Lemurs are not allowed to be sold by private keeper to private keepers, nor are any article ten covered animals, they can only be donated or gifted to scientific or educational premises.
Now you know as l do that art ten covered primates also includes, Lemurs, Cotton Tops and Goeldis and some.
If the private keeper is not allowed to sell them, and we also know that the zoos will not want them, as they just simply can not budget for them properly, they will have to die out.
What is more concerning is the new cites legislation, where all primates species sit on appendix one and in the UK they all now sit on annex 1.
If Europe want to bring us in line, and all primates are covered by a1 legislation, then the implementaion of cites into UK would mean that all primates must be annex 1 for UK, if this is the case and there is no private sales to be had, what then?
It will mean placing animals onto the pill?
With dwa removals recently and no sales, expansion of enclosures will be a necessity.
No Sales, zoos and the likes not spending the money private keepers sell at, private keepers not wanting to donate then what?
You can see the line of thought yes?
Monkey world and rspca went behind the working groups back and got this policy signed off - pro keeping knew NOTHING about it till three days ago.
What does that suggest to you?
R