Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Grahame Morris (Labour), on Tuesday, 1 November 2022, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 16 members in total.

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Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus

That this House is concerned about the increasing risk of extinction of Asian elephants; praises the conservation efforts of Chester Zoo including their ground-breaking scientific research in collaboration with the University of Surrey into the development of a vaccine to combat Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus which has a fatality rate of over 80 per cent in young elephants; and calls on the Government to support conservation zoos in their mission to prevent extinction.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

521 

Session

2022-23

Other sponsors

Hywel Williams

Jim Shannon

Barry Sheerman

Liz Saville Roberts

Ben Lake

Subjects

Nature conservation Elephants Chester Zoo

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk