Add Meerkats to the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976

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Add Meerkats to the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976

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Add Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) to the Schedule of the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976. This will end their unregulated sale in pet shops and require any owner to hold a specialist license and we think, mean only those who can provide for their complex "mob" social needs to purchase them.

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Meerkats are social animals. In our view, in the UK, they are sold with less regulation than dogs, leading to a "fad pet" crisis. For meerkats, isolation from other meerkats can cause self-harm and psychological shutdown. This mirrors primates, which the Govt recently protected due to their social complexity.

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