Brændemærkning: the law by country
Where it is banned, allowed only under conditions or permitted. Each rule names its law and links to the source.
- Forbudt: 5 places
- Begrænset: 2 places
- Tilladt: 2 places
Belgien
Brussels Capital
Myndigheden oplyser, at jernbrændemærkning er forbudt til identifikation af heste til fordel for mikrochips. Myndighedens side dateret 5. maj 2020.
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The agency states that iron branding is banned for identifying horses, in favour of microchips. Agency page dated 5 May 2020.
Law of 14 August 1986, as stated by Bruxelles EnvironnementChecked 4. nov. 2026
Canada
Whole country
National Farm Animal Care Council Code of Practice: en brancherettet kodeks, ikke en lov. NFACC siger, at kodeksens krav i de fleste provinser ikke udtrykkeligt er bindende, men kan være bevis for lidelse. Omtalt i provinsernes lovgivning: vedtaget i NL (NLR 36/12; NLR 35/12 s.15 gør en praksis, som en kodeks forbyder, til en forbudt praksis), foreskrevet i SK (Reg 1 s.3-4), nævnt som forsvar i NB (Reg 2000-4 s.4(2), Sch A) og BC (B.C. Reg. 34/2019, som almindeligt accepteret praksis), accepteret i NS (Act s.28(b)). Kødkvæg: kun når det kræves ved eksport, af politik eller som ejendomsbevis, af uddannet personale; ikke på vådt kvæg. Mælkekvæg må ikke brændemærkes.
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National Farm Animal Care Council Code of Practice: an industry code, not a statute. NFACC says Code requirements are not explicitly binding in most provinces but can be evidence of distress. Referred to in provincial law: adopted in NL (NLR 36/12; NLR 35/12 s.15 makes a practice a code prohibits a prohibited one), prescribed in SK (Reg 1 s.3-4), named as a defence in NB (Reg 2000-4 s.4(2), Sch A) and BC (B.C. Reg. 34/2019, as generally accepted practice), accepted in NS (Act s.28(b)). Beef: only when required for export, by policy or as proof of ownership, by trained personnel; not on wet cattle. Dairy cattle must not be branded.
NFACC Code of Practice: Beef Cattle (2013), s.4.3; Dairy Cattle (2023), s.4.2.1 (industry codes, not statutes)Checked 4. nov. 2026
New Zealand
Whole country
Ingen må brændemærke et dyr. Den midlertidige undtagelse for heste, ponyer og æsler (r 55M) blev ophævet den 2026-05-09, så ingen undtagelse består. Bøde op til NZ$5,000 (juridisk person NZ$25,000).
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Nobody may hot brand an animal. The temporary exception for horses, ponies and donkeys (r 55M) was revoked on 2026-05-09, so no exception remains. Fine up to NZ$5,000 (body corporate NZ$25,000).
Animal Welfare (Care and Procedures) Regulations 2018, rr 55L, 55MIn force since 9. maj 2021Checked 4. nov. 2026
Polen
Whole country
Mærkning af varmblodede dyr ved brænding er nævnt som dyrplageri, medmindre det er en procedure tilladt ved lov.
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Marking warm-blooded animals by burning is named as cruelty, unless a procedure allowed by law.
Ustawa o ochronie zwierząt (21 August 1997), art. 6(2)(1), as amended by Dz.U. 2011 poz. 1373Checked 4. nov. 2026
Storbritannien
England
Opført som identifikationsmetode for heste; ingen særlig betingelse i Sch. 7.
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Listed as an identification method for horses; no specific condition in Sch. 7.
SI 2007/1100, Sch. 1In force since 6. apr. 2007Checked 4. nov. 2026
Ikke opført blandt identifikationsmetoderne for kvæg, som omfatter frysemærkning.
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Not listed among the identification methods for cattle, which include freeze branding.
Animal Welfare Act 2006, s.5; SI 2007/1100, Sch. 1In force since 6. apr. 2007Checked 4. nov. 2026
Scotland
Forskrifterne fra 2010 genindfører ikke bestemmelsen fra 2007 om varmbrænding af hestedyr, og der findes ingen tilladelser.
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The 2010 Regulations do not re-enact the 2007 hot-branding provision for equines, and no authorisations exist.
Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006, s.20; Prohibited Procedures on Protected Animals (Exemptions) (Scotland) Regulations 2010 (SSI 2010/387)In force since 5. nov. 2010Checked 4. nov. 2026
Wales
Opført identifikationsmetode; ingen særlig betingelse i Sch. 7.
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Listed identification method; no specific condition in Sch. 7.
WSI 2007/1029, Sch. 1In force since 28. mar. 2007Checked 4. nov. 2026
Tjekkiet
Whole country
Mærkning af heste ved brændemærkning er undtaget fra bedøvelsesreglen, når det udføres af en kvalificeret person. Teksten er læst på et juridisk forlags kopi af Act 246/1992 Sb. (senest ændret 1. april 2025), ikke den officielle samling.
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Marking horses by branding is excepted from the anaesthesia rule when done by a qualified person. Text read on a legal publisher's copy of Act 246/1992 Sb. (last amended 1 April 2025), not the official collection.
Act 246/1992 Sb., s.7(3)(h)Checked 4. nov. 2026
What each status means
- Forbudt
- Prohibited outright.
- Begrænset
- Allowed with conditions other than a vet: an age limit, a method, a licence.
- Tilladt
- Allowed.
The law on other procedures
- Kupering af ører
- Halekupering
- Halekupering (landbrugsdyr)
- Fjernelse af ulvekløer
- Fjernelse af hornanlæg
- Afhorning
- Kloamputation (onykektomi)
- Devokalisering (fjernelse af stemmebånd)
- Næbtrimning
- Vingeamputation
- Tandklipning
- Mulesing
- Fjernelse af kam og hagelapper
- Fjernelse af sporer
- Isætning af næsering
- Frysemærkning
- Indsnit i halen (rejsning)