Reindeer: Imports
(asked on 5th December 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 30 November to Questions 114885 and 114886, how many of the reindeer imported into the UK in 2016 were (a) females, (b) intact males and (c) castrated males; and if he will make a statement.
This question was answered on 14th December 2017
119 reindeer were imported into the UK in 2016; 51 were female and 68 were male.
The Animal and Plant Health Agency is unable to break down imported males into castrated and intact, because this information is not recorded on TRACES.