According to conservationists, Zoo transfers are vital to the survival of endangered species, but since brexit, exchanges are down by 85% due to the ‘overwhelming bureaucracy’ that's currently exists.
The breeding programme for black rhinos could be impacted as Brexit has made it harder to transfer animals between zoos in the UK and EU red tape, conservationists have warned.
Meanwhile, the transfer of a critically endangered Amur leopard from Colchester to a zoo in Europe was cancelled altogether due to the bureaucracy. David Field, chief executive of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland , said: ‘Collaboration is more important than ever as we face a worldwide extinction crisis.
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