FROM Shetland ponies to tarantulas– these are a few of the unique family pets kept within the Royal District of Windsor and Maidenhead.
The Regional Democracy Reporting Service sent a Flexibility of Info demand to the council to discover the kinds of animals individuals are enabled to keep and display under the Animal Well-being (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Policy 2018.
In 2022 alone, the Royal District has actually seen 176 unique types kept in the location. A demand was made to Slough District Council and specified they have actually seen none this year.
Unique animals from away puts currently call the Royal District their house thanks to the zoo at the Berkshire College of Farming in Hurley– which keeps porcupines, monkeys, lemurs, reptiles, amphibians, and more.
One local is keeping a Royal Python whilst others are holding Mexican Rosy Boa and a Corn Snake. A Fat Tailed Gecko, 2 Leopard Geckos, and a Bearded Dragon are likewise being kept someplace within the district.
If you’re an arachnophobe, you may wish to talk to your neighbour if they are holding tarantulas as 2 licenses were given this year.
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If cold-blooded animals or spiders aren’t your thing and desire something much bigger, then some families are keeping 3 Shetland ponies and donkeys in addition to one alpaca, 6 horses, which is a kind of horse, and 12 goats. The council likewise accredited 8 sheep to be kept.
The Guinea Pigs on display screen at Ray Mill Island might have seen more buddies this year after the Royal District provided 16 licences this year.
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3 Syrian hamsters are being kept along with 2 dumbo rats and a chinchilla.
Over 40 licences to keep chickens were provided in 2022 in addition to 15 bunnies, 5 pigs and quail, 12 Indian runner ducks, 8 ducks, and one cockatiel.
