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MSP Calls for Colleagues to Support Ban on “Pointless and Cruel” Hot Branding of Horses and Ponies |
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Friday, 20 August 2010 |
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 Dr Bill Wilson MSP (SNP), a member of the Rural Affairs and Environment Committee, has called on MSPs to support forthcoming Scottish Government legislation to ban the practice of hot branding horses and ponies, and lodged a motion welcoming the Government’s move.
Reacting to the Scottish Government’s announcement of its intention to legislate on the issue at the beginning of the next parliamentary session, Dr Wilson said, “I am delighted that the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment responded so positively when I drew his attention to the issue some months ago. At the moment, hot branding is generally banned, but an exemption is in place to allow equine animals to continue to be branded. If approved by the Scottish Parliament, the proposed ban will bring the welfare of horses up to the standard we have set for other animals. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 24 August 2010 )
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MSP welcomes end to branding of horses |
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Tuesday, 19 January 2010 |
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West of Scotland MSP, Dr Bill Wilson – a member of the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs Committee – has welcomed a letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment, Richard Lochhead, in which he states that the branding of horses by a hot iron will no longer take place. Media Coverage |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 21 January 2010 )
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MSP Welcomes Consultation to Halt Branding of Horses |
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Thursday, 07 January 2010 |
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West of Scotland MSP, Dr Bill Wilson – a member of the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs Committee – has welcomed a consultation by the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment, Richard Lochhead, to make the branding of horses by a hot iron an offence. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 18 February 2010 )
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MSP tells Scottish Government of scientific evidence on pain caused by hot branding of horses |
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Tuesday, 17 November 2009 |
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MSP tells Scottish Government of scientific evidence on pain caused by hot branding of horses and welcomes new anti-branding Facebook group. Dr Bill Wilson, an SNP MSP for the West of Scotland, today repeated his call for the hot branding of Exmoor Ponies in Scotland to be banned. He also announced that he had referred the Scottish Government to a scientific paper on the topic and congratulated the founder of a new Facebook group, “STOP the hot branding of Exmoor ponies in Scotland!” |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 17 November 2009 )
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MSP calls on Scottish Government to ban hot branding in Scotland |
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Friday, 13 November 2009 |
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Dr Bill Wilson, an SNP MSP for the West of Scotland, today asked the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment, Richard Lochhead, to investigate the practice of hot branding for Scottish Exmoor Ponies. Replying to Dr Wilson’s questions in the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs and the Environment Question Time, Lochhead acknowledged the ineffectiveness of hot branding, but he also stated that it is still allowed in certain limited circumstances. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 18 February 2010 )
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