Bracknell Forest: Animal licenses handed out for strange animals

These are just some of the animals people in Bracknell Forest have needed special licences for. 

A Freedom of Information request asked Bracknell Forest Council how many Animal Welfare Regulations licences the authority has handed out. 

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These particular licences, under the 2018 regulations, are for the exhibit of animals only. 

A response from BFC revealed the council has issued four of the permits.

The authority revealed which animals are covered by each of these licenses. 

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And it’s not a surprise to learn there are some exotic animals covered by these permissions. 

Licence 1

4 Corn snakes

1 tree frog

1 spur-thighed tortoise

4 rats

2 fat-tailed gerbils

1 african pygmy hedgehog

1 bearded dragon

2 guinea pigs

2 degus

4 mongolian gerbils

1 royal python

1 leopard gecko

3 white tree frogs

Licence 2

1 Long-eared owl

2 tawny owls

2 barn owls

2 European eagle owls

1 Indian Eagle Owl

1 snowy owl

2 little owls

5 Harris hawks

1 common buzzard

1 sparrowhawk

2 peregrine hybrids

2 kestrels

1 barn owl

Licence 3

1 Eurasian eagle owl

1 Bengal eagle owl

2 barn owls

1 European kestrel

2 gyr/saker hybrids

6 Harris hawks

Licence 4

2 harris hawks 

2 barn owls

1 white faced scops owl

1 American kestrel

1 Little owl