Vets say ‘no’ to horse import restrictions
Ireland and France’s chief veterinary officers have vetoed plans to tighten the tripartite agreement that allows free movement of horses between those countries and the UK.
The agreement was set up to allow racehorses to travel without health checks, but was broadened to include all horses not destined for slaughter in 2005.
Britain favours restricting free movement to competition horses to cut the risk of disease. But France and Ireland don’t agree. Talks will continue.
This news story was first published in the current issue of H&H (28 December 2012)
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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.