AR-News: (UK) This horse passport law is an ass

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

If you are among the one million people in the country who owns a horse, a 
pony or even a donkey, you should already know that by the end of June you must 
have a passport for the animal. If you are one of the many millions who do 
not, you will probably need to look twice at that opening sentence.
A passport? For a horse? Bizarre as it seems, the Government introduced 
regulations shortly before Christmas requiring all equines to be in possession of a 
passport, whether they are travelling or not. It is, effectively, a form of 
ID.
In the horse world, the issue has been a hot topic for a year or more. Jokes 
about how to fit the animal into the photo-booth rapidly gave way to anger 
over the costs and bureaucracy involved. Already, organisations such as the Horse 
Passport Agency have sprung up offering the required document to owners who 
will be criminalised if they fail to comply.



full story:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2004/02/02/do0204.x
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not because of those who do evil,
but because of those who look on and do nothing.",
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