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Petition · past parliament · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Replace all EU LIFE programme funding

Closed 32 signatures

What the petition asks

The government should match EU Life funding post-Brexit to support zoos and other environmental conservation efforts. After a year of drastically reduced income for these organisations, many conservation and animal protection projects are collapsing. The loss of EU funding is another huge blow.
One example is Edinburgh Zoo, which received a £3.2m grant in EU Life funding, supporting the effort to save the Scottish Wildcat from extinction. Post-Brexit, Edinburgh Zoo and other zoos are no longer eligible to apply for EU life funding and the vital projects that were previously supported will suffer.

Timeline

11 Jan 2021 Petition opened for signatures
11 Jul 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 32
Status Closed
Department Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened 11 Jan 2021
Closed 11 Jul 2021

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.