Report from States Vet to Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (2) (FOI)

​Request

Hello - I was just perusing the below FOI. 

As far as I can see this report by Susana Ramos has not been published? 

'Please note, in relation to the last sentence, it was subsequently agreed to release the information at a later time.'

Can we have it please? 

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Report from States Vet to Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (FOI)​

Produced by the Freedom of Information office​

Authored by Government of Jersey and published on 08 September 2023.

Prepared internally, no external costs.​

Request

Please provide a copy of a report by the States Vet Susana Ramos to Management and or Trustees of Jersey Zoo (Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust) specifically relating to animal welfare. (more specifically, the welfare of Sloths and Aardvarks). This letter will have been dated in the last two weeks of August 2023 and was mentioned in correspondence to numerous parties including zoo volunteers, staff and the national press.

Response

The states Vet reported her findings to Animal Welfare at Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust via email. Please see attached.

Please note, in relation to the last sentence, it was subsequently agreed to release the information at a later time.

Personal information has been redacted in accordance with Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011.

20230908 Email - Animal Welfare_Redacted.pdf​

Article applied

Article 25 - Personal information

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018.

(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if –

(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018; and

(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.

3) In determining for the purposes of this Article whether the lawfulness principle in Article 8(1)(a) of the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018 would be contravened by the disclosure of information, paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 2 to that Law (legitimate interests) is to be read as if sub-paragraph (b) (which disapplies the provision where the controller is a public authority) were omitted.

Response

No report was completed by the States Vet in relation to that visit to Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, therefore Article 3 of the Freedom of Information law applies.

Please note, the comment ‘Please note, in relation to the last sentence, it was subsequently agreed to release the information at a later time’ was in reference to Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust releasing the email with the States Vet’s comments, not a completed report.

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.