Reminder to check your equine passports
Horse owners are being reminded to check their equine passports are valid — or face prosecution
Horse passports
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Passport issuers join forces as future is in doubt
Passport issuing organisations (PIOs) are to present proposals for the future of passports to Defra following an about-turn
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Horse dealer is fined under passport law
A former police officer has been found guilty of nine horse passport offences and two cruelty charges, by Wrexham magistrates sitting in Mold
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Plans for single passport agency put on hold by Defra
Defra has put plans to restructure the UK horse passport issuing system on hold for up to 18 months, leaving the National Equine Database and breed societies in limbo
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Horse passports transferred to the Horse Passport Agency
The Pleasure Horse Society (PHS) has transferred the maintenance of its passports to the Horse Passport Agency
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Huge shake-up for passport regulation to cut costs
Defra plans to cut the UK's 80 passport issuing bodies down to one and stop funding the National Equine Database
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Swamp fever scare prompts calls for improved passport controls
Swamp fever horse’s past shows free movement of horses to Britain must be better controlled, say industry experts.
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Gypsy Cob Society under investigation by Trading Standards
Gypsy Cob Society is being scrutinised by Trading Standards over passport issues
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Horse passport up for sale on eBay auction website
Auction website eBay has suspended the account of someone trying to sell a horse passport
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Clarity over emergency veterinary treatment for horses without passports
The government has clarified whether a horse in need of emergency medication from a vet can be treated with drugs even if its passport is not immediately available
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Calls to scrap “outdated and ineffectual” horse passports
Council leaders have called for horse passports to be scrapped — describing the legislation as “outdated, ineffectual and burdensome” to local authorities
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Ask H&H: German abbreviations
What do the German abbreviations mean when reading a horse's pedigree or bloodline?
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Two event riders cautioned for breaking passport laws
Eventers Andrew Heffernan and Neil Fox have been given Home Office cautions by Cheshire West and Chester Borough Council for breaking horse passport laws
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Horse owners told: don't ask vets to backdate vaccination records
Vets are calling on the public to stop asking vets to backdate vaccination certificates after a practitioner was banned by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons for falsifying information on a horse passport
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Welsh hill ponies exempt from new microchipping laws
Welsh hill pony farmers will be exempt from changes to EU horse passport legislation that require every foal and horse applying for a new passport to be microchipped
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Tell the government what you think of horse passports
The House of Lords has launched an enquiry into horse passport legislation and is asking the public whether it has achieved its aim
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Vet reprimanded for falsifying horse passport
Eleri Wyn Jones has been reprimanded by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons for falsifying a horse passport
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Horse passport regulations from 1 July
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Delay hits English microchip regulations for horses
Regulations that will require all horses in the UK to be microchipped come in across Europe on 1 July, but English regulations are not expected to go before Westminster until early August
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National Equine Database open to Horses with EU passports
The British horse industry has welcomed a move to allow horses with European Union passports to be registered with the National Equine Database
