Pet Travel Scheme: Ferrets
(asked on 9th February 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many ferrets were imported through the Pet Travel Scheme in each year from 2012 to 2021.
The number of ferrets imported through the Pet Travel Scheme in each year from 2017 to 2021 are as follows:
Year | Number of Ferrets |
2017 | 765 |
2018 | 112 |
2019 | 101 |
2020 | 45 |
2021 | 60 |
In line with data retention the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) does not hold data prior to 2017 so previous years have not been supplied.
The data regarding the Pet Travel Scheme covers pets entering Great Britain and is based on information provided by checkers employed by approved carriers of pet animals.
The information that we have provided is a true reflection of the information that APHA has access to. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of this data, as we can only rely on the information that has been input into the pets returns by a third party.
For information, the number of ferrets imported in 2017 is much higher than later years. This is because 619 ferrets were imported in October 2017.