§ Dr. Ms HoeyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many import permits were issued for(a) wolves and (b) hybrid wolves entering the United Kingdom for each of the last four years; and what was the total number of (i) wolves and (ii) hybrid wolves involved.
§ Dr. Sir Paul BeresfordIn 1991, my Department issued one permit under the provisions of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora—CITES—allowing the import, by a zoo, of two grey wolves, canis lupis occidentalis, from Canada for breeding purposes.