Examination of witnesses

Part of Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 9:30 am on 9 November 2021.

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David Bowles:

I would be concerned, and not only because the present legislation allows the breeding of primates from a licensed keeper and the sale of primates. So, there is a commercial trade element. How will those primates get from one place to another? They have to be transported. When you are dealing with primates that at the moment are not being kept in appropriate conditions—you know, kept in a parrot cage, with no enrichment, in a very small space, on their own—I worry that that person will also not how to transport their primate adequately.