Welsh lawmakers move against fly grazers

 

Some of the thirty horses left on Vale of Glamorgan Council-owned province almost Cardiff Airport, Rhoose, early on final year. © Bransby Home of Rest for Horses

New legislation targeting those who deliberately wing graze their horses inward Wales has been introduced to the National Assembly.

Natural Resources in addition to Food Minister Alun Davies says the Control of Horses (Wales) Bill volition render all Welsh local regime alongside powers to seize, impound, render to the owner, and, equally a final resort, humanely euthanize horses when they are on province without lawful consent.

Fly grazing – the term for leaving horses to graze on somebody province without permission – has been a growing employment inward parts of Britain.

“Fly grazing in addition to the abandonment of horses in addition to ponies has had a genuinely shocking comport on on communities across parts of South Wales over recent years,” Davies said.

The Welsh Government was determined to address the problem, he said.

“We know that our electrical flow legislative framework does non let the enforcement bodies to bargain alongside the employment equally comprehensively in addition to robustly equally nosotros would wish.

“That is why I am introducing the Control of Horses (Wales) Bill which, if passed yesteryear the Assembly, volition give all local regime inward Wales strengthened in addition to uniform powers to operate towards a wing grazing gratis Wales.

“This legislation promotes to a greater extent than responsible ownership in addition to management of horses in addition to allows for early on in addition to swift intervention when horses are abandoned or left on province without consent.

“It offers an all-Wales solution in addition to volition let local regime to deliver a consistent in addition to robust approach to removing the nuisance of wing grazing from our communities.”

Davies said it was of import that local authorities, charities, the constabulary in addition to Welsh Government continued to operate together to postage stamp out wing grazing.

Lynn Cutress, the principal executive of the Redwings Horse Sanctuary, said the charity was delighted that the Welsh Goverment had taken such decisive action.

Redwings staff had seen first-hand the devastating comport on of wing grazing inward Wales, she said.

“We promise the novel Bill volition strongly discourage Equus caballus owners from using such a disgraceful in addition to illegal practice, which oft has grave consequences for the horses involved.

“At Redwings nosotros direct keep seen many examples over the final few years, from depression degree fail to abandonment in addition to worse. We would urge Westminster to follow conform thus nosotros tin meet a existent in addition to drastic improvement inward the lives of vulnerable horses throughout the UK.”

Earlier this year, the Welsh Government consulted on the require for an all-Wales legislative solution to wing grazing in addition to received over 600 responses. Most were inward favour of improved legislation to bargain alongside the problem.

The Welsh Government is fast-tracking the nib to render local regime equally speedily equally possible alongside the tools they require to tackle the problem.

 

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