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Zoos face 'welfare crisis' as animals at risk of culling due to pandemic costs

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Britain's zoos need to ­“significantly raise their ­standards” a leading charity has urged, claiming they are “a very mixed bag”.

Born Free is calling on the Government to reform the Zoo Licensing Act 1981, which covers more than 300 attractions. Head of animal welfare and ­captivity, Dr Chris Draper, said: “Britain has a large number of licensed zoos and they’re a very mixed bag, from household names to farm parks with exotic animals and falconry centres. “Now the Government has made available £100 million of taxpayers’ money to zoos in the wake of the ­pandemic, Born Free is calling for an urgent review to make the multi million pound zoo industry more accountable, transparent and humane.” The charity has released a film, Creature

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