As reported by the German Equestrian Federation, the German parliament has rejected a motion by the Greens to amend the animal protection law and prohibited the marking of animals with hot irons.
The opposition voted in favor of the proposal but the current government coalition against. The Unionist Party and the FDP said the government will soon present its own proposal to amend the animal protection law and hope that it meets the rules of the EC.
law at present CE allows alternative procedures for identifying horses that let farmers choose whether they use the microchip marking with hot irons or both. By contrast, German law requires all equine microchip but also allows branding.
At least for now. "Our goal is that the legislation in Germany is identical to that of the EU in order to unify criteria and to avoid misunderstandings like the one at hand. German horse breeders should be free to choose which method to use to identify their products, "said Graf zu Rantzau Breido Earl, president of the federation German riding. "Today has been a very important victory and we will continue fighting so that we are not prohibited mark with hot irons.
is precisely what we have made it clear last week when we go to the Bundestag in Berlin to show right there the process of this identification system. It marked two foals with hot irons and were implanted with a microchip for. All present noted with his own eyes that the foals did not suffer more than with the microchip. Unfortunately did not attend any representative political party advocating the ban, "he said.
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