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Written question asked by Luke Pollard (Labour) on Thursday, 24 June 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 28 June 2021. It was answered by Rebecca Pow (Conservative) on Friday, 2 July 2021 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.


Animal Products: Imports

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) R (ranched animal), (b) D (Captive-bred animal),(c) C (Bred in captivity) and (d) F (Born in captivity) hunting trophies were recorded under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) entering the UK in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018, (d) 2019, and (e) 2020.

Original answer

The table below illustrates how many R (ranched animal), D (Captive-bred animal), C (Bred in captivity) and F (Born in captivity) hunting trophies were recorded under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) entering the UK in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

R (ranched animal)

0

0

0

0

0

D (Captive-bred animal)

0

0

0

0

0

C (Bred in captivity)

3

4

6

3

3

F (Born in captivity)

0

0

0

0

0

The answer was corrected by Rebecca Pow (Conservative)

on Friday, 10 December 2021 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Corrected answer

The table below illustrates how many R (ranched animal), D (Captive-bred animal), C (Bred in captivity) and F (Born in captivity) hunting trophies were recorded under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) entering the UK in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

R (ranched animal)

0

0

0

0

0

D (Captive-bred animal)

0

0

0

0

0

C (Bred in captivity)

9

7

5

3

4

F (Born in captivity)

0

0

1

6

1

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

R (ranched animal)

0

0

0

0

0

D (Captive-bred animal)

0

0

0

0

0

C (Bred in captivity)

3

4

6

3

3

F (Born in captivity)

0

0

0

0

0


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
22020
Session
2021-22
Subjects
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species Animal products Imports
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk