When the passport is worth more than the animal it hardly seems worth it.The passport has nothing to do with the food chain its so that,like in Foot and Mouth,if Western Nile Disease or any like disease enters the country its so where they know where your horses are to come and shoot them
An interesting concept JJ.!
Could explain why I was threatened by Pet ID with a fine of several thousand pounds for selling a donkey whose passport did not have my name on as owner. They wouldn't report me, they said, if I paid the ownership transfer fee. Even though the animal was no longer mine! Needless to say I ignored their communication.
Strange that an equine is meant to have ownership transferred in 30 days, with threats of large fines. But if I forget to notify change of ownership of a cow (which incidently costs
nothing to do) then all I get is a pleasant email prompting me to confirm the change.
Don't they realise that if they didn't charge between £10 - £20 for a 2 minute change of equine ownership, people would be quite happy to update the details.