Zoo welfare standards for Britain get first update since 2012
by Peter Walker Senior political correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#6XGNZ)
New rules for zoos and aquariums include guidance on elephant enclosures and ban on touching fish
Zoos will be obliged to boost conservation efforts and improve animal welfare under the first revision of mandatory standards for the sector in more than a decade.
Under the update to the Standards of Modern Zoo Practice for Great Britain, last set out in 2012, elephants will need to be kept in larger enclosures and birds of prey must be kept in large aviaries rather than being tethered.
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