Animal deaths at Jersey Zoo over past 12 months

​​Request 709038332

Hello, I would like copies of reports by the States Vet into each and every animal death at Jersey Zoo over the past 12 months please.

Response

The Scheduled Public Authority (SPA) does not hold copies of reports relating to every animal death at Jersey Zoo over the past 12 months, therefore this information is not held and Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.

Article applied

Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority”

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a)     it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b)     it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.

Internal Review Request

I forgot to appeal this: I would like a copy of any reports into dead animals conducted by the States Vet into animal deaths at Jersey Zoo over the last five years. The States Vet has explicitly said that it conducts reports into the deaths of animals, therefore they must exist. I would like to see them.

Internal Review Response

This internal review has been conducted by an official of appropriate seniority who has not been involved in the original decision. As part of their review, they will be expected to understand the reasons behind the original response, impartially determine whether the response should be revised, and how so, considering the request and the information held, any relevant exemptions, or other relevant matters under the Law.

The Internal Review Panel was asked to review the original response and confirm the following: Does the FOI request relate to a body to which the Law applies, or information held by a body covered by the Law?

If the answer is no, all the other questions are not applicable. Further questions if above is a yes:

i. Was the right information searched for and reviewed?

ii. Was the information supplied appropriately?

iii. Was information appropriately withheld in accordance with the articles applied and were the public interest test/ prejudice test properly applied?

Following discussion, it was agreed by the Panel that the decision was upheld.

To confirm, there have been no reports by the States Vet relating to animal deaths at Jersey Zoo over the last 12 months.​