Cap beku: 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: 1 places
- Terhad: 2 places
- Dibenarkan: 6 places
Belanda
Whole country
Kaedah pengenalpastian yang ditetapkan bagi kuda.
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Designated identification method for horses.
Besluit diergeneeskundigen, ch. 2, art. 2.6Checked 4 Nov 2026
Ireland
Whole country
Prosedur pengenalpastian yang disenaraikan; tidak memerlukan ubat bius (S.I. 107/2014).
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Listed identification procedure; no anaesthetic needed (S.I. 107/2014).
Animal Health and Welfare (Operations and Procedures) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 127/2014), Schedule, Part 5In force since 6 Mac 2014Checked 4 Nov 2026
Prosedur pengenalpastian yang disenaraikan; tidak memerlukan ubat bius (S.I. 107/2014).
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Listed identification procedure; no anaesthetic needed (S.I. 107/2014).
Animal Health and Welfare (Operations and Procedures) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 127/2014), Schedule, Part 1In force since 6 Mac 2014Checked 4 Nov 2026
Kanada
Whole country
National Farm Animal Care Council Code of Practice: kod industri, bukan statut. NFACC menyatakan keperluan Code tidak mengikat secara jelas di kebanyakan wilayah tetapi boleh menjadi keterangan tentang kesusahan. Dirujuk dalam undang-undang wilayah: diterima pakai di NL (NLR 36/12; NLR 35/12 s.15 menjadikan amalan yang dilarang oleh sesuatu kod sebagai amalan 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 amalan yang diterima umum), diterima di NS (Act s.28(b)). Lembu tenusu tidak boleh di-brand, termasuk freeze branding. Daging lembu: hanya apabila diwajibkan untuk eksport, melalui dasar atau sebagai bukti pemilikan, oleh kakitangan terlatih.
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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)). Dairy cattle must not be branded, freeze branding included. Beef: only when required for export, by policy or as proof of ownership, by trained personnel.
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
Lembu dan equid: pengendali mesti terlatih atau berpengalaman dan dapat mengenali kesusahan, dan bantuan yang sesuai mesti ada semasa pemulihan. Freeze branding pada anjing memerlukan pelega sakit yang dibenarkan oleh doktor haiwan (r 55J).
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Cattle and equids: the operator must be trained or experienced and able to recognise distress, and suitable help must be available during recovery. Freeze branding a dog needs pain relief authorised by a veterinarian (r 55J).
Animal Welfare (Care and Procedures) Regulations 2018, r 55KIn force since 9 Mei 2021Checked 4 Nov 2026
Poland
Whole country
Menanda haiwan berdarah panas dengan pembekuan disebut sebagai kekejaman, kecuali prosedur yang dibenarkan oleh undang-undang.
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Marking warm-blooded animals by freezing 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
United Kingdom
England
Kaedah pengenalpastian yang disenaraikan.
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Listed identification method.
SI 2007/1100, Sch. 1In force since 6 Apr 2007Checked 4 Nov 2026
Kaedah pengenalpastian yang disenaraikan.
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Listed identification method.
SI 2007/1100, Sch. 1In force since 6 Apr 2007Checked 4 Nov 2026
Northern Ireland
Tiada keperluan berkaitan.
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No associated requirements.
Welfare of Animals (Permitted Procedures by Lay Persons) Regulations (NI) 2012 (S.R. 2012/153), Sch. 5In force since 2 Apr 2012Checked 4 Nov 2026
Kaedah pengenalpastian yang disenaraikan.
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Listed identification method.
Welfare of Animals (Permitted Procedures by Lay Persons) Regulations (NI) 2012 (S.R. 2012/153), Sch. 1In force since 2 Apr 2012Checked 4 Nov 2026
Scotland
Dikecualikan untuk pengenalpastian.
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Exempted for identification.
SSI 2010/387, Sch. 6In force since 5 Nov 2010Checked 4 Nov 2026
Dikecualikan untuk pengenalpastian.
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Exempted for identification.
SSI 2010/387, Sch. 1In force since 5 Nov 2010Checked 4 Nov 2026
Wales
Kaedah pengenalpastian yang disenaraikan.
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Listed identification method.
WSI 2007/1029, Sch. 1In force since 28 Mac 2007Checked 4 Nov 2026
Kaedah pengenalpastian yang disenaraikan.
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Listed identification method.
WSI 2007/1029, Sch. 1In force since 28 Mac 2007Checked 4 Nov 2026
What each status means
- Dilarang
- Prohibited outright.
- Terhad
- Allowed with conditions other than a vet: an age limit, a method, a licence.
- Dibenarkan
- Allowed.
The law on other procedures
- Pemotongan telinga
- Pemotongan ekor
- Pemotongan ekor (ternakan)
- Pembuangan kuku kelima
- Pembuangan putik tanduk
- Pembuangan tanduk
- Pembuangan kuku (onikektomi)
- Devokalisasi (pemotongan pita suara)
- Pemotongan paruh
- Pemotongan hujung sayap
- Pemotongan gigi
- Mulesing (pemotongan kulit punggung)
- Pemotongan balung
- Pembuangan taji
- Pemasangan cincin hidung
- Cap panas
- Pemotongan otot ekor (tail setting)