Zoos call for Ireland-UK post-Brexit co-operation on endangered animals

Breeding programmes in Ireland include that of the critically endangered lechwe, coordinated from Fota Wildlife Park.

Zoos and aquariums on both sides of the Irish border have written to both the Taoiseach and the British prime minister, asking them to come to an agreement which would help conservation programmes.

It comes as BIAZA (the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums) say they saw 48 animals transferred between homes in British and EU zoos and aquariums in 2021, down from 1,400 in 2019.