UK Public General Acts
Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976
The statute that tightened the rules on keeping exotic animals in Britain. It is the anchor for the claim that big cats were released into the countryside in the late 1970s.
- Archive
- UK Public General Acts
- Date of document
- 22 Jul 1976
- Pages
- 12
- Classification
- Never classified
- Reference
- 1976 c. 38
- Licence
- Crown copyright — Open Government Licence
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First page
Extract
An Act to regulate the keeping of certain kinds of dangerous wild animals. The Act required a licence from the local authority for species listed in its schedule.
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