HC Deb 23 December 1964 vol 704 cc305-6W
80. Mr. Kitson

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, instead of slaughtering a large number of young female grey seals on Fame Island, he will in future make an order to allow zoos and similar institutions to remove them.

Mr. Hoy

The taking of grey seals from the Farm Islands for zoos is not in the first place a matter for me but for the National Trust. However, I have no reason to suppose that sufficiently large numbers could in any event be disposed of in this way.