Microchipping

Co Durham police lead stray horse crackdown

Police are cracking down on illegally grazing horses with a new scheme in Co Durham

Free microchipping for New Forest ponies this autumn

Commoners sending foals through the New Forest’s Beaulieu Road sales this autumn will have their ponies microchipped for free

Mystery as two 'dead' thoroughbreds are found alive

A recent case of two thoroughbreds found alive after they were recorded as dead on the Weatherbys database has highlighted the benefits of microchipping

Microchipping rules clarified by Defra

Defra has clarified that any foal born before 1 July that does not already have a passport will need microchipping, under the new passport regulations imposed on 1 August

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

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

Mare's past highlights need for microchips

Microchipping could be the answer to protecting horse owners and prospective buyers, say experts

Top vets call to outlaw hot branding of horses

Hot branding of horses is “painful and unacceptable” and should be phased out, a group of top equine vets has advised the government

Semi-feral pony societies oppose microchip laws

UK groups against microchipping legislation for native breeds

Horses must be microchipped before measuring from January

The Joint Measurement Board brings in new rules to crack down on cheating in the showring

Britain starts planning for all foals to be microchipped

Defra has met with a number of equine organisations to discuss the best way to implement new EU legislation requiring all foals to be microchipped

All foals born after July 2009 to be microchipped

Any equine foal born after 1 July 2009 will have to be microchipped, under European-wide regulations finally approved last week

Blackpool taxi horses microchipped to prevent overwork

About 100 horses which pull taxi carriages along Blackpool promenade have been microchipped in a bid to help regulate their working hours

Microchips aid return of stolen shetlands

Microchips and an advert in Horse & Hound played crucial roles in reuniting four stolen Shetlands with their owner

Anger over chipping ‘U-turn’

British equestrian bodies are astonished by a perceived government about-face on compulsory microchipping and plan to urge Europe to go ahead with it anyway

Compulsory microchips on the way

Microchips look set to become the standard method of identification for horses under new European Commission proposals