200 horse ban breaches reported in 2012
It appears that the horse ban in Ireland is now being used by the DUP as a way of getting around it’s obligations under the 1998 EU animal welfare directive.
The European horse animal protection directive states: “An individual shall not cause unnecessary suffering or harm to an animal because of fear of punishment or intimidation.”
I’ve not seen a single independent independent publication yet claim that the horse ban is not in breach of this directive and, although it’s not clear whether that’s true or not, the evidence suggests otherwise.
In a case that’s been going on for almost two years, the Irish Veterinary Council (AVC) has argued that the ban on horse meat for beef consumption is unreasonable. The AVC is not being given a direct answer on this. But the AVC’s own scientific report clearly points out that the number of horse deaths from all causes in Ireland has continued to increase, even after the ban, and as a result, “there is a high level of suffering, distress, and cost to the UK taxpayer.”
In February, the AVC released a summary of the ev우리카지노idence from its horse meat moratorium trial (pictured above), which has seen 더킹카지노as many as 11 trials held across Ireland and in Britain over the years. The AVC has provided an archive of evidenceapronx available online.
“We’ve provided the evidence, the scientific evidence, and the human-animal testimonies and findings from those trials,” stated Simon Collins from the AVC in an interview with the Irish Independent. “We want to highlight to farmers and people in Ireland today that these trials are the only real means of testing the ban against the safety of animals for slaughter, rather than having a ban that appears to have little to no effect.”
If the ban is indeed in breach of the directive, it is now being used by both the DUP and its own minister of agriculture, Alan Kelly, to circumvent its obligations.
As for all the evidence pointing to the horse ban not being in breach of the directive, the AVC published a further document in February that stated, among other things, “The evidence suggests the ban should not have been passed.”
We’ll leave it to those wishing to read it to decide for themselves whether this evidence is credible.
The AVC’s legal brief goes on to say, however, that “if an Irish farmer finds himself in a situation of significant, life-altering suffering during the first 24 hours after slaughter, and it is decided they have no alternativ
September 10th, 2020 
