Privately owned snow leopards in the UK
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Lafone
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Snow leopards would fall under ‘all cats’ as they are not included in the exceptions to the dangerous wild animal act in the U.K.
“All cats including the bobcat, caracal, cheetah, jaguar, leopard, lion, lynx, ocelot, puma, serval and tiger.
The following are excepted:
(i)
the wild cat, the pallas cat, the little spotted cat, the Geoffroy’s cat, the kodkod, the bay cat, the sand cat, the black-footed cat, the rusty-spotted cat and the domestic cat;
(ii)
a hybrid cat which is descended exclusively from any one or more species within paragraph (a);
(iii)
a hybrid cat having as one parent a domestic cat and as the other parent a first generation hybrid of a domestic cat and any cat not within paragraph (a);
(iv)
any cat which is descended exclusively from any one or more hybrids within paragraph (c);
(v)
any cat which is descended exclusively from a domestic cat and any one or more hybrids within paragraph (c).”
“All cats including the bobcat, caracal, cheetah, jaguar, leopard, lion, lynx, ocelot, puma, serval and tiger.
The following are excepted:
(i)
the wild cat, the pallas cat, the little spotted cat, the Geoffroy’s cat, the kodkod, the bay cat, the sand cat, the black-footed cat, the rusty-spotted cat and the domestic cat;
(ii)
a hybrid cat which is descended exclusively from any one or more species within paragraph (a);
(iii)
a hybrid cat having as one parent a domestic cat and as the other parent a first generation hybrid of a domestic cat and any cat not within paragraph (a);
(iv)
any cat which is descended exclusively from any one or more hybrids within paragraph (c);
(v)
any cat which is descended exclusively from a domestic cat and any one or more hybrids within paragraph (c).”
Oh ok I just thought snow leopards needed a special permit because of how rare/endangered they are. Do you know if any are privately owned?
Cat Survival Trust in Welwyn Garden City keeps them, along with Jaguars, Amur Leopards, and a lot of small cats too.
kate person
Active Member
I looked on the born free interactive DWA map and I counted 3 snow leopards in private hands. However I think the map was made in 2020 so there might be more(or less).