Horse Passports

 

The Government announced in February 2002 that all horses, ponies and other forms of equidae (e.g. donkeys) are required to have a passport identifying them.  These passports will last the lifetime of the animal.  They are required in order to implement the Commission Decision 2000/68/EC, which aims to prevent horses entering the human food chain if they have been administered any veterinary medicines that are not intended for use on food producing animals.

Each horse will be given a Unique Equine Life Number and this must appear on the passport which positively identifies them.  This number is supplied by the organisation issuing the passport.  These passport regulations took effect from June 2004. All horses and donkeys (over the age of four months) should now be in possession of a valid passport, (or have applied for one). This passport should be with your horse at all times. When attending veterinary surgeons treat your horse they will have to see this passport and if the declaration states that he is NOT intended for human consumptions then very little has changed.  However if this declaration states that he is intended for human consumption or 'undeclared' then they may have to record the drugs that they administer.  In some circumstances if they leave drugs (e.g. Phenylbutazone for you to administer, then you, as the person who actually gives the drug have to fill out the passport entry).  When a horse dies the passport must be returned to the Paasport Issuing Organisation, who will stamp it as invalid and inform the National Equine Database (NED). 

Microchips

All foals born in 2009 will have to be microchipped by the 31st of December 2009, (or within six months of birth, -which ever is later).  All new passports issued for adult horses after that date will be required to be checked for the presence of microchips and if none are found, they will now also have to have one implanted.  It is currently proposed that microchips can only be implanted by veterinary surgeons.

 

 

Table of Organisations and Associations

 

Name of Organisation	Telephone Number	Email Address	Name of Breed (some will accept partbreds)
American Quarter Horse Assn UK	01303 814879	Aqhauk@aol.com www.aqha.co.uk	American Quarter Horse
American Saddlebred Assn of GB	01323 870977	ASAoGB@americansaddlebreds.co.uk www.americansaddlebreds.co.uk	American saddlebreds & partbreds (25%+)
Anglo- European Studbook Ltd	01892 610155	www.angloeuropeanstudbook.com	Anglo- European
Appaloosa Horse Club UK Ltd	01202 897469	www.aphcuk.org amazingapps@aol.com	Appaloosa
Arab Horse Society	01672 520782	Registration@arabhorsesoc-uk.com	Purebred Arab Anglo Arab Partbred Arab
British Hanoverian Horse Society	01604 492750	Jshenfield@jshenfield.worldonline.co.uk	Hanoverian
British Horse Foundation/ British Horse Database	01933 274363		Currently ceased trading
British Miniature Horse Society	01747 861619	Zealhouse@aol.com	British Miniature horse
British Palomino Society	01239 851 387	Britpal@lineone.net www.britishpalominosociety.co.uk	Palomino
British Percheron Horse Society	01954 204637	www.percheron.org.uk secretary@percheron.org.uk	Percheron
British Skewbald & Piebald Assn	01354 638226	Sandralawrence@hotmail.com	Skewbald & Piebald
British Spotted Pony Society	01724 783900		British Spotted Pony
British Warm-blood Society & British Sports Horse Registry	0151 5491631		British Warm- blood
The Caspian Horse Society	01344 843325	Rlharris@talk21.com	Caspian
The Caspian Breed Society (UK)	01249 782246	Uk.caspiansociety@virgin.net	Caspian
Cleveland Bay Horse Society	01904 489731	Cbay@stephenson.co.uk www.clevelandbay.com	Cleveland Bay
Coloured Horse & Pony Society (UK)	01685 845045	Chapsuk@compuserve.com	Coloured Horse & Ponies
Dales Pony Society	01629 640439	Dalespony@dalespony.fsnet.co.uk www.dalespony.org	Dales
Dartmoor Pony Society	01487 822635	Dartmoorponysociety@talk21.com www.dartmoorponysociety.co.uk	Dartmoor Pony Partbred Dartmoor Moorland ponies
Donkey Breed Society	01732 864414	www.hamill.co.uk/donkey-breed-society carol@morse.freeserve.co.uk	Donkeys Horses & ponies owned by DBS members not registered elsewhere
English Connemara Pony Society	01398 341490	www.ecpsconnermaras.freeserve.co.uk mansell@glenfern.fsnet.co.uk	English Connemara
Eriskay Pony Society	01764 670626	Marymcg@hotmail.com	Eriskay
Exmoor Pony Society	01398 341490	Mansell@glenfern.fsnet.co.uk	Exmoor
Fell Pony Society	01768 891001	Fpsoc@bhs-inter.net www.raresteeds.com/fellponysociety	Fell
Fjord Horse National Stud-book Assn of GB	01570 480090	Lyn@fjord-horse.co.uk www.fjord-horse.co.uk	Fjord
Fjord Horse Registry of Scotland & Fjord horse UK	01651 891712	Studbook@norwegian-fjord-horse.co.uk www.norwegian-fjord-horse.com	Fjord
Friesian Horse Assn of GB & Ireland Ltd	0115 9529865	Sam@friesians.co.uk	Friesian
Hackney Horse Society	01985 840717	Hackney.horse@talk21.com	Hackney
Highland Pony Society	01738 451861	Info@highlandponysociety.com	Highland
Icelandic Horse Society of GB	01489 782087	Mike@oakwoodicelandics.freeserve.co.uk	Icelandic
International Miniature Horse & Pony Society	07000 781216		International Miniature Pony