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Bosses warned they are being prevented from transferring animals such as rhinos and giraffes due to red tape created by the UK’s departure from the EU.
Did you know that many of our environmental laws - from how we manage our fisheries, to standards on marine pollution, to how we protect many species and habitats - come from the European Union?
British zoos are struggling with post-Brexit paperwork rules, undermining conservation efforts both in the U.K. and the EU.
Brexit bonfire of environment regulations will kill otters, dolphins and birds, warn conservationists
23/09/2022
Government’s plan to ‘streamline’ environmental regulations could put dormice, porpoises and bats under threat.
It has been another gloomy week on the sunlit uplands of sovereign Britain, as a senior minister accused the EU of seeking “petty revenge” – and then hinted that the government might ban imports of European mineral water and seed potatoes.
Transfers of animals for conservation schemes involving Ireland, Britain and EU plunged from 1,400 in 2019 to just 48 last year.
BREXIT has made the task of rewilding Scotland more difficult, the chief executive of a leading conservation charity has said.
Brexit red tape 'putting endangered species at risk' as animal conservation efforts at Howletts and Port Lympne affected
05/02/2023
An animal conservation boss has warned post-Brexit red tape delays are putting already endangered species at further risk.
London Zoo among names to sign petition calling on action from Rishi Sunak. / Breeding schemes for endangered animals such as rhinos and monkeys are being harmed by Brexit red tape - zoos have warned.
Brexit stopping rhinos from mating
31/01/2023
UK zoos have been warned that breeding schemes for bison, rhinos, monkeys and other endangered animals are being harmed by Brexit. Previously, about 1,400 animals a year were transferred between British aquariums or zoos and those in Europe but red tape meant that last year, the number fell to just over 200.
Brexit to put 1m penguins at risk as Falklands loses EU funding for conservation, Islands minister warns
03/08/2018
Island ministers 'yet to see any firm proposals' on UK replacement funding.
Brexit, Bukhara deer and a red tape swamp
03/02/2023
Tuesday 31 January marked the third anniversary of Brexit and three years of struggle with animal transfers between zoos and aquariums across Britain and the EU, with numbers down from 1,400 transfers per year to just over 200.
EU laws that have protected hundreds of conservation sites and the species that live in them for decades could be watered down or lost with the EU withdrawal bill.
Charity behind Lowestoft's Africa Alive Zoological Reserve calls for government to unlock conservation barriers caused by Brexit
31/01/2023
The charity behind a Suffolk zoo has urged the government to unlock conservation barriers that were caused by Brexit.
Commission report urges Member States to improve animal welfare and conservation efforts of zoos
16/11/2018
A European Commission evaluation report published last week concluded that the Council Directive 1999/22/EC (known as the “Zoo Directive”) fits for purpose and plays a crucial role with regard to conservation of biodiversity.
On the 3-year anniversary of Brexit, zoos and aquariums across Great Britain have called on Government to end the endless red tape preventing conservation breeding. / An open letter signed by over 75 zoos and aquariums calls on British Government to negotiate with the European Commission and enable the transfer of zoo animals between Britain and the EU.
The UK government’s decision to set catch limits for fish populations above those recommended by scientific advice is to be challenged in the courts by marine conservationists who accuse ministers of breaking their own post-Brexit rules.
A zoo has joined 75 other organisations calling on the government to end the red tape preventing breeding of rare animals like rhinos and giraffes. / Since leaving the EU, zoo animal transfers have plummeted, down from 1400 per year, to just over 200.
How will Brexit affect British wildlife?
06/10/2017
The EU offered protection to everything from the harbour porpoise to hen harriers. Now, the future of UK conservation law is uncertain.
An organisation that carries out repairs and maintains paths across the Lake District National Park faces an uncertain future due to declining funding.
The rare Von der Decken hornbill is looking for love after arriving as part of an endangered species breeding programme at Fife Zoo in Ladybank, Cupar.
The director general of the National Trust said that investment zones ‘represent a free-for-all for nature and heritage’.
Stretching over 18 % of the EU’s land area and almost 9,5% % of its marine territory, it is the largest coordinated network of protected areas in the world. It offers a haven to Europe's most valuable and threatened species and habitats.