Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 383: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to concerns that elephants imported by Dublin Zoo may have a disease (details supplied) which if passed on would have serious consequences for the animals already in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3874/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The current position is that there are no elephants in Dublin Zoo, although there are plans to acquire a group of three young elephants from Rotterdam Zoo. I understand that animals within this group are infected with the disease referred to, which is thought to be widespread in captive and free-ranging elephants worldwide. I am advised that this particular disease only affects elephants and, consequently, that it does not present a risk to any other animals in Dublin Zoo.