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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Support private exotic captive care keepers. More details
Submitted by Rory Matier of The Specialist Keepers' Association – Deadline to sign up by: 28 February 2009 – Signatures: 1,033
Captive care keepers in the United Kingdom believe that they have the right to maintain exotic animal species within their collections. Many oppose the keeping of animals, many more oppose the keeping of exotic species, be these, mammal, primate, avian, reptile, aquatic or invertebrate.
With increased legislation under the new animal welfare act such as codes of practice, enforcement, education, regulation, communication and awareness there should be no genuine reasons for the government to encourage the opposition to continue their campaigns to cease this.
Responsible ownership and husbandry, promotion of both keepers and animals rights also feature very heavily upon the minds of those that do keep animals privately. All keepers therefore call for support from the government rather than condemnation.
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Because there are so many signatories, only the most recent 500 are shown on this page.