Animal Products: Import Controls
Commons · Question 45540 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department issues import permits for hunting trophies of cheetahs.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 29 Apr 2025
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), an executive agency of Defra, is responsible for issuing import permits for hunting trophies. APHA only issue import permits when the strict criteria set out in the UK Wildlife Trade Regulations are satisfied, in...