Last chance to comment on equine passport regulations
Anyone wishing to comment on the changes to regulations governing horse passports, which are due to be introduced later this year, has until noon on Monday (2 February) to get their views heard.
The new regulations include the microchipping of all foals and horses applying for passports and stipulate that passports must be carried each time a horse is moved by horsebox.
To view the proposed regulations, go to www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/equine-id/index.htm
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A self-confessed newshound, farmer’s daughter and journalist of many years' experience, Charlotte worked on regional papers before joining H&H in 2007. A regular rider, she visited Ireland in 2010 to investigate the fate of Irish horses through the recession, to much acclaim, and reported from the FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro in 2011. She left Horse & Hound in March 2013.