# The Welfare of Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (England) Regulations 2012, Paragraph 7: Condition 7: Responsibility of the operator to promote the welfare of licensed animals


(1) The operator must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the needs of a licensed animal are met to the extent required by good practice.
(2) For the purposes of this Condition, a licensed animal’s needs shall be taken to include—
(a) its need for a suitable environment;
(b) its need for a suitable diet;
(c) its need to be able to exhibit normal patterns of behaviour;
(d) any need it has to be housed with, or apart from, other animals; and
(e) its need to be protected from pain, suffering, injury and disease.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111527832/schedule/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-of-wild-animals-in-travelling-circuses-england-regulations-2012/schedule/paragraph-7
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