Written Question · S3W-24585 · Session 3
Whether it will consider introducing regulations under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 to ban the use of wild animals in …
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider introducing regulations under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 to ban the use of wild animals in circuses.
The answer
The Scottish Government is unable to introduce secondary legislation under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 to ban the use of wild animals in circuses because the Radford Report, issued on 20 November on the welfare of non-domesticated animals in travelling circuses, concluded that there was a lack of evidence to show that there were welfare problems with these animals. Regulations made under Part 2 of the act must be for the purpose of securing the welfare of animals.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-24585 by reference.