Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Ian Cawsey (Labour), on Thursday, 9 November 2000, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 47 members in total.

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CAPTIVE BREEDING OF ENDANGERED SPECIES

That this House condemns the international trade in bear bile, which involves the keeping and breeding of Asiatic bears in Asian bear farms, where conditions are extremely cruel and totally unsuitable, and which would be unacceptable in the UK; condemns the captivity and international trade in whales and dolphins, which subject animals to unacceptable conditions and high mortality; notes that the Plants and Animals Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species is meeting in the USA in December to discuss, amongst other issues, the registration of captive breeding facilities for endangered species and the trade therein; and calls on the United Kingdom Government to ensure that they adopt a precautionary approach at all times in order to prevent the possibility of the backdoor legalisation of these cruel and unsustainable international trades.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1140 

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Animal welfare Animal breeding Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species Nature conservation Bears

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk