Cap bakar: the law by country
Where it is banned, allowed only under conditions or permitted. Each rule names its law and links to the source.
- Dilarang: 5 places
- Dibatasi: 2 places
- Diizinkan: 2 places
Belgia
Brussels Capital
Lembaga menyatakan bahwa branding besi dilarang untuk mengidentifikasi kuda, dan digantikan microchip. Halaman lembaga bertanggal 5 Mei 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
Ceko
Whole country
Penandaan kuda dengan branding dikecualikan dari aturan anestesi bila dilakukan oleh orang yang berkualifikasi. Teks dibaca pada salinan Act 246/1992 Sb. milik penerbit hukum (diubah terakhir 1 April 2025), bukan koleksi resmi.
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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
Inggris Raya
England
Tercantum sebagai metode identifikasi untuk kuda; tidak ada syarat khusus dalam 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
Tidak tercantum di antara metode identifikasi sapi, yang mencakup freeze branding.
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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
Regulations 2010 tidak memberlakukan kembali ketentuan hot branding 2007 untuk equid, dan tidak ada otorisasi.
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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
Metode identifikasi yang tercantum; tidak ada syarat khusus dalam 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
Kanada
Whole country
National Farm Animal Care Council Code of Practice: kode industri, bukan undang-undang. NFACC menyatakan persyaratan Code tidak secara tegas mengikat di sebagian besar provinsi tetapi dapat menjadi bukti penderitaan. Dirujuk dalam hukum provinsi: diadopsi di NL (NLR 36/12; NLR 35/12 s.15 menjadikan praktik yang dilarang oleh suatu kode sebagai praktik terlarang), ditetapkan di SK (Reg 1 s.3-4), disebut sebagai pembelaan di NB (Reg 2000-4 s.4(2), Sch A) dan BC (B.C. Reg. 34/2019, sebagai praktik yang diterima secara umum), diterima di NS (Act s.28(b)). Sapi potong: hanya bila diwajibkan untuk ekspor, oleh kebijakan atau sebagai bukti kepemilikan, oleh personel terlatih; tidak pada sapi yang basah. Sapi perah tidak boleh di-brand.
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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
Polandia
Whole country
Menandai hewan berdarah panas dengan pembakaran disebut sebagai kekejaman, kecuali prosedur yang diizinkan oleh hukum.
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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
Selandia Baru
Whole country
Tidak seorang pun boleh melakukan hot branding pada hewan. Pengecualian sementara untuk kuda, pony dan keledai (r 55M) dicabut pada 2026-05-09, sehingga tidak ada pengecualian yang tersisa. Denda hingga NZ$5,000 (badan hukum 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 Mei 2021Checked 4 Nov 2026
What each status means
- Dilarang
- Prohibited outright.
- Dibatasi
- Allowed with conditions other than a vet: an age limit, a method, a licence.
- Diizinkan
- Allowed.
The law on other procedures
- Pemotongan telinga (cropping)
- Pemotongan ekor
- Pemotongan ekor (ternak)
- Pemotongan kuku kelima
- Penghilangan bakal tanduk
- Pemotongan tanduk
- Pencabutan kuku (onikektomi)
- Devokalisasi (pemotongan pita suara)
- Pemotongan paruh
- Pemotongan ujung sayap (pinioning)
- Pemotongan gigi
- Mulesing (pemotongan kulit pantat)
- Pemotongan jengger
- Pemotongan taji
- Pemasangan cincin hidung
- Cap beku
- Pemotongan otot ekor (tail setting)