Consultation on the Wildlife Health Strategy for England
The deadline for responses is 1 October 2007.
This consultation seeks comments on the development of the Wildlife Health Strategy.
The Animal Health and Welfare Strategy identified that Defra has responsibility for the identification and management of risks from wildlife to human health, livestock health and where disease control measures impact on wildlife populations. Beyond this Defra's wider remit includes species conservation, maintenance of biodiversity, climate change and environmental management all of which could have impacts on the health status of wildlife.
Wildlife health is a complex and largely uncharted field and ownership of responsibilities is currently unclear. As our knowledge and understanding increases it has become necessary to explore, with stakeholders, the issues involved. Together, a framework will be produced detailing future action for government and others, in order to assess the significance of wildlife disease and provide clear pathways for appropriate and affordable interventions.
- Letter to consultees
- List of consultees
- Consultation document (PDF 250 KB)
- Consultation response form (word, 140 KB) – we recommend that you save this to your computer before completing it and return by email
- Consultation response form (PDF 40 KB) – this version can be printed, completed in handwriting and returned by post
- Summary of responses (PDF 140 KB)
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11 March 2008
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11 July 2007