Primate Licenses April 2026
Case reference FOI2026/00966
Received 18 April 2026
Published 24 April 2026
Request
On 6 April 2026, new legislation came into force that required all primate owners to apply for a wild animal licence with their local council.
On that date, how many licence applications from primate owners had your council received?
For each application, please state whether it was approved, and how many primates if it related to.
Response
On 6 April 2026, new legislation came into force that required all primate owners to apply for a wild animal licence with their local council.
On that date, how many licence applications from primate owners had your council received?
Answer: 1
For each application, please state whether it was approved, and how many primates if it related to.
Answer: The 1 application we received was issued a licence. They are licensed to have 9 Common Marmosets, 1 Tamarin, 4 Squirrel Monkeys, 2 Lar Gibbons, 3 Red-Faced Spider Monkeys and 3 Lemurs.
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