British media: Brexit add trouble for British zoo breeding

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] According to the British "Guardian" reported on the 13th, Brexit has caused a lot of threat to endangered species in the local zoo, because those cumbersome legal documents and processes make them inconvenient to exchange species exchange with other EU zoom parks to exchange species exchangeIt is difficult to expand the work of the gene library.In order to ensure the genetic library and reproduction plan of each zoo, the European Union passed the Animal Sanitation Law in 2016, but it did not take effect until April 2021, and Britain was officially Brexit in January 2020.As a result, species exchange between the United Kingdom and the European Union's zoo becomes more troublesome.

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Data show that before December 31, 2020, the average number of animals exchanged between Britain and other countries were 1400 times a year, while only 56 times in 2021, and only 84 times so far this year.Zach Shawell, the person in charge of the Salton Wildlife Foundation, said, "If you want to transfer a animal now, you must pass a health check and negotiate the health certificate and transportation documents required by the animals. These operations are extremely complicated.It takes a lot of time. "(Luc)

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