FI16607

Request

We are currently in the process of contacting all relevant local authorities in the UK, requesting details of zoo licences, dangerous wild animal licences and performing animal licences in order to update our records and track changes nationwide. 

If your local authority has formed a partnership with another authority, please include information for all relevant constituencies. 

  1. Details of licensed, in application, closed and exempt zoos under the Zoo Licensing Act 1981 

Under the Freedom of Information Act, please provide the name and address for each premises that:

  1. Currently holds a zoo licence.
  2. Is in the process of applying for a zoo licence.
  3. Previously held a zoo licence but has since closed or no longer requires a zoo licence for any other reason since 01/01/2023.
  4. Currently has an “exempt” status and the date that the exemption was granted. 

For each premises with an active Zoo Licence, please provide a copy of their:

  1. Most recent annual zoo stocklist outlining births, arrivals, deaths, etc. in accordance with Section 9.5 of the Secretary of State’s Standards of Modern Zoo Practice.
  2. Most recent formal zoo inspection report for formal periodical or renewal inspections carried out under S.10 or S.14.2 by Government-appointed Zoo Inspectors. Please ensure all pages (1-10) plus any pages with additional conditions or directions are included. For zoos that are housing elephants, please also include the most recent elephant inspection form.
  3. Most recent pre-inspection audit for a formal inspection. 

If any formal inspection reports are still being finalised and are unable to be released at the current time, then please provide the most recent completed inspection report that the local authority has within their records. Please note that we are not requesting copies of informal or special inspection reports or the zoo licence. 

  1. Details of licences under the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 

Under the Freedom of Information Act, please provide:

  1. The current number of DWA licences within your jurisdiction and the species and number of animals that each licence covers.
  2. The number of current DWA applications and the species and number of animals applied for.
  3. The number of DWA applications which were refused since 01/01/2023, and the reasons for refusal, if possible. 

Please note that we are not requesting personal information such as names and addresses of licensees. 

  1. Details of licences for keeping or training animals for exhibition under The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 

Under the Freedom of Information Act, please provide:

  1. The name and address for each establishment that currently holds an animal exhibition licence.
  2. The name and address for each establishment currently in the process of applying for an animal exhibition licence and the species and number of animals each licence would cover.
  3. The number of animal exhibition licence applications which were refused since 01/01/2023, and the reasons for refusal, if possible. 

For each premises with an active exhibition licence, please provide a copy of their:

  1. Most recent animal stock list provided by each licence holder in accordance with Schedule 7, S. 6 of the Regulations.
  2. Most recent inspection report submitted to the local authority under S. 10. (1) of the Regulations.

Response

  1. Details of licensed, in application, closed and exempt zoos under the Zoo Licensing Act 1981 
  1. Wingham Wildlife Park, Rusham Road, Wingham.
  2. None.
  3. None.
  4. None.

 For each premises with an active Zoo Licence, please provide a copy of their:

  1. This is attached.
  2. This is attached.
  3. The Council does not hold a copy of the pre-inspection audit for the renewal in 2022. 
  1. Details of licences under the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 
  1. Three 
  • 1 x Heloderma horribilis (beaded lizard)
  • 1 x Heloderma suspectum (Gila monster)

 

  • 2 x Pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
  • 2 x Tiger (Panthera tigris)

 

Male

Female

Unsexed

Latin Name

Common Name
 

1

  

Agkistrodon bilineatus

Cantil

1

1

  

Agkistrodon Contortrix Contortrix

Southern copperhead

1

1

  

Agkistrodon Piscivorus

Cotton Mouth

4

3

  

Bitis Arietans

Puff Adder

1

3

  

Bitis Rhinoceros

West African gaboon viper

1

1

  

Bothrops Asper

Terciopelo Pit Viper

1

1

  

Bothrops Atrox

Common lancehead
 

2

  

Bothrops moojeni

Brazilian lancehead

1

    

Bothrops venezuelensis

Venezuelan lancehead

1

1

  

Calloselasma Rhodostoma

Malayan Pit Viper
 

1

  

Cerastes Cerastes

Horned Desert Viper

1

1

  

Cerastes Vipera

Sahara sand viper
 

1

  

Craspedocephalus gramineus

The Indian Green Pit Viper
   

2

Craspedocephalus borneensis

Borneo Pit Viper

1

2

  

Crotalus Abysusus

Grand Canyon rattlesnake

1

1

  

Crotalus Adamanteus

Eastern Diamond Rattlesnake

1

1

  

Crotalus Atrox

Western Diamondback Rattle Snakes

1

1

  

Crotalus Cerastes cercobombus

Sidewinder

1

1

  

Crotalus Culminatus

North Western Neotropical Rattle Snake

1

    

Crotalus Cumanesis

Colombian rattlesnake
 

1

  

Crotalus Durissus Durissus

Guiana rattlesnake

1

2

  

Crotalus Enyo Enyo

Baja California rattlesnake

1

1

  

Crotalus horridus horridus

Timber Rattlesnake

1

    

Crotalus lepidus morulus

Tamaulipan rock rattlesnake

1

1

  

Crotalus Lutosus

The Great Basin rattlesnake

1

    

Crotalus mitchellii stephensi

Panamint Rattlesnake
   

3

Crotalus Molossus Molossus

Black Tailed Rattlesnake
 

1

  

Crotalus Oaxaca

Oazacan Black-tailed Rattlesnake

1

2

  

Crotalus Oreganus Helleri

Southern Pacific Rattlesnake

1

    

Crotalus ornatus

Ornate Black-tailed Rattlesnake
 

1

  

Crotalus Pifanorum

Guarico Rattlesnake

1

    

Crotalus Pyrrhus

Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake

1

1

  

Crotalus tigris

Tiger Rattlesnake

1

2

  

Crotalus tortugensis

Tortuga Island diamond rattlesnake

1

1

  

Crotalus tzabcan

Yucatán Neotropical Rattlesnake

1

1

  

Crotalus Vegrandi

Uracoan Rattlesnake

1

2

  

Crotalus viridis nuntius

Hopi Rattlesnake

1

2

  

Crotalus Viridis Viridis

Prairie Rattle Snake
   

2

Crotalus Lepisdus klauberi

Banded Rock Rattle Snake
   

2

Crotalus Scutulatus

Moave Rattlesnake
   

2

Crotalus Ruber

Red Diamond Rattlesnake
   

2

Crotalus Cerberus

Arizona Black Rattlesnake
   

3

Crotalus Tergeminus

Eastern Massasuga Rattlesnake

1

1

  

Daboia deserti

Blunt-nosed Desert Viper

1

    

Dendroaspis Angusticeps

Eastern Green Mamba
 

1

  

Dendroaspis Viridis

West African Green Mamba

1

1

  

Echis Carinatus Sochureki

Sochurek's saw-scaled viper

1

    

Echis Coloratus

Painted Saw-scaled Viper

1

1

  

Echis Leucogaster

White-bellied Carpet Viper

1

2

  

Echis Ocellatus

West African carpet viper

1

1

  

Echis pyramidum

Northeast African carpet viper

1

3

  

Heloderma Horridum

Mexican Beaded Lizard
 

1

  

Hemachatus Hemachatus

Rinkhals Cobra

1

    

Montivipera raddei

Armenian viper

1

1

  

Montivipera Xanthina

Ottoman Pit Viper
 

1

  

Naja anchietae

Angolan Cobra

1

1

  

Naja Annulifera

Snouted Cobra

1

    

Naja Atra

Chinese Cobra

1

1

  

Naja Haja

Egyptian Cobra

1

1

  

Naja Kaouthia

Monocled Cobra

1

1

  

Naja Mozambique

Mozambique Spitting Cobra

1

    

Naja naja karachiensis

Pakistan Black Cobra

1

1

  

Naja Nigricinta Nigricinta

Zebra Cobra

1

    

Naja Nubiae

Nubian Spitting Cobra

1

1

  

Naja Pallida

Red Spitting Cobra

1

1

  

Naja Samarensis

Samar Spitting Cobra

1

    

Naja Siamensis

Indochinese Spitting cobra

1

    

Naja Sputatrix

Javan Spitting Cobras

1

1

  

Ophiophagus Hannah

King Cobra

1

1

  

Protobothrops cornutus

Horned Pit Viper
 

1

  

Pseudechis colletti

Collet's Snake

1

    

Sistrurus tergeminus edwardsii

Prairie Massasauga

2

3

  

Trimeresurus Albolabris

White Lipped Pit Viper
   

2

Trimeresurus gumprechti

The Indian Green Pit Viper

3

    

Trimeresurus Insularis

White Lipped Island Pit Viper

1

1

  

Trimeresurus macrops

Larged Eyed Bamboo Pit Viper

1

1

  

Trimeresurus Purpureomaculatus

Green Mangrove Viper

1

1

  

Trimeresurus Purpureomaculatus

Purple Spotted Mangrove Viper

1

1

  

Trimeresurus stejnegeri

Chinese Green Tree Viper
   

2

Trimeresurus Trigonocephalus

Sri Lankan Pit Viper
   

1

Trimeresurus Venustus

Beautiful Pit Viper

1

    

Vipera Ammodytes

Nose Horned Viper

1

    

Vipera Aspis Hugyi

Southern Italian asp

1

1

  

Vipera Latastei Gaditana

Lataste’s Viper

2   None in progress.

3   None 

  1. Details of licences for keeping or training animals for exhibition under The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 

Under the Freedom of Information Act, please provide:

1. As follows: 

  • Woodpeck Court Youth Activities, Woodpecker Court, 45 Wigmore Lane, Eythorne, Dover CT15 4BF
  • Tiny Hooves, Betteshanger Country Park, Sandwich Road, Sholden, Deal CT14 0BF
  • Cuddly Cavies [address withheld as it is a residential address and therefore considered personal data]
  • Broadlees Farm, Deal Road, Guston, Dover CT15 5DL
  • Frampton Farm [address withheld as it is a residential address and therefore considered personal data]

2. None.

3. None. 

For each premises with an active exhibition licence, please provide a copy of their:

  1. The stocklists included in the inspection report attached.
  2. This is attached.

Attachments

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Attachment 2