S.L. 439.8 Art. 3Requirements applicable to zoos.

The Veterinary Services shall take measures under regulations 4, 5 and 6 to ensure all zoos implement the following conservation measures, that is to say:

(a) participating in research from which conservation benefits accrue to the species, and, or training in relevant conservation skills, and, or the exchange of information relating to species conservation and, or, where appropriate, captive breeding, repopulation or reintroduction of species into the wild,

(b) promoting public education and awareness in relation to the conservation of biodiversity, particularly by providing information about the species exhibited and their natural habitats,

(c) accommodating their animals under conditions which aim to satisfy the biological and conservation requirements of the individual species, inter alia, by

*These regulations have been repealed by Legal Notice 199 of 2024. providing species specific enrichment of the enclosures; and maintaining a high standard of animal husbandry with a developed programme of preventive and curative veterinary care and nutrition,

(d) preventing the escape of animals in order to avoid possible ecological threats to indigenous species and preventing intrusion of outside pests and vermin,

(e) keeping of up-to-date records of the zoo’s collection appropriate to the species recorded.