Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 9 July 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what interim measures are being taken to safeguard the welfare of primate pets prior to the Animal Welfare Act 2006 codes coming into force.
The Animal Welfare Act 2006 provides protection to animals that are in the control of man or animals that are commonly domesticated in the British isles. Typically, the Act protects pet animals, farmed animals, wild animals in captivity (e.g. wild animals in sanctuaries) and, in relation to cruelty offences, feral animals commonly domesticated in the British isles.
It therefore provides that primates are protected by the Act, which prevents unnecessary cruelty or suffering to any vertebrate animal. In addition, the Act introduced a new 'duty of care' for any animal under the control of man, which makes owners and keepers responsible for ensuring that the welfare needs of their animals are met.
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