HC Deb 23 December 1964 vol 704 cc317-8W
Earl of Dalkeith

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce a more effective system of licensing and registration of potentially dangerous wild animals, such as pumas, privately owned and kept in domestic captivity, together with the requirement that the registered owners should immediately report the death or disappearance of such animals to the police.

Mr. George Thomas

Legislation would be needed to impose such requirements. My right hon. Friend has no reason to think that escapes of dangerous wild animals are so numerous as to create the need for this.