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A zoo says its conservation programme has stalled due to a lack of post-Brexit paperwork.
Twycross Zoo had been due to export its critically-endangered Amur leopard for breeding but said the forms used before the UK left the EU had vanished .
It has called on the government to urgently issue replacement forms.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said animal exports were still permitted in line with the import rules of EU countries.
The Leicestershire zoo has been involved in leopard breeding programmes for about 20 years.
In both 2014 and 2016 it welcomed litters of Amur leopard cubs.
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Only a fraction of a £100 million fund to support zoos through the pandemic has been successfully claimed, the industry has warned.
The Environment Department (Defra) has announced a four-week extension to the deadline for applications of the zoo animals fund to February 26, but the sector warns some organisations face closing down in the next year.
The fund opened in August to support zoos and aquariums which need extra support in caring for animals following a drop of income caused by Covid-19 lockdowns.
But while the extension has been welcomed by the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (Biaza), it warned there were serious concerns zoos would be left with no support at the end of the financial year.