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Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN 201502, tabled on 19 June 2014

Question

John Mann
Labour
Bassetlaw
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the farming of endangered species for commercial gain.

Answer

George Eustice
Conservative
Camborne and Redruth
Commons

Answered on

24 June 2014

The UK is committed to the protection of endangered species, including through playing a leading role in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). CITES promotes the sustainability of endangered species through either prohibiting trade or strictly controlling any trade through a licensing system. The breeding and ranching of endangered species for commercial gain can be permitted under CITES. The UK fully supports the aims of CITES and works to ensure that assessment of whether trade should be permitted for any particular species is based on robust scientific evidence.

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