Žigosanje z vročim železom: the law by country
Where it is banned, allowed only under conditions or permitted. Each rule names its law and links to the source.
- Prepovedano: 5 places
- Omejeno: 2 places
- Dovoljeno: 2 places
Belgija
Brussels Capital
Agencija navaja, da je žigosanje z železom za označevanje konj prepovedano v korist mikročipov. Stran agencije je datirana 5. maja 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
Češka
Whole country
Označevanje konj z žigosanjem je izvzeto iz pravila o anesteziji, kadar ga opravi usposobljena oseba. Besedilo je prebrano v izvodu pravnega založnika Act 246/1992 Sb. (nazadnje spremenjen 1. aprila 2025), ne v uradni zbirki.
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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
Kanada
Whole country
National Farm Animal Care Council Code of Practice: panožni kodeks, ne zakon. NFACC navaja, da zahteve Kodeksa v večini provinc niso izrecno zavezujoče, lahko pa so dokaz trpljenja. V provincialnem pravu je omenjen: sprejet v NL (NLR 36/12; NLR 35/12 s.15 prakso, ki jo kodeks prepoveduje, šteje za prepovedano), predpisan v SK (Reg 1 s.3-4), naveden kot obramba v NB (Reg 2000-4 s.4(2), Sch A) in BC (B.C. Reg. 34/2019, kot splošno sprejeta praksa), sprejet v NS (Act s.28(b)). Govedo za meso: samo kadar se zahteva za izvoz, po politiki ali kot dokaz lastništva, usposobljeno osebje; ne na mokrem govedu. Molznih krav se ne sme žigosati.
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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
Nova Zelandija
Whole country
Nihče ne sme žigosati živali z vročim železom. Začasna izjema za konje, ponije in osle (r 55M) je bila razveljavljena 2026-05-09, zato nobena izjema ne ostaja. Globa do NZ$5,000 (pravna oseba 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
Poljska
Whole country
Označevanje toplokrvnih živali z žganjem je navedeno kot krutost, razen če gre za postopek, ki ga dovoljuje zakon.
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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
Združeno kraljestvo
England
Naveden kot metoda označevanja konj; v Sch. 7 ni posebnega pogoja.
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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
Ni navedeno med metodami označevanja goveda, ki vključujejo zamrzovalno žigosanje.
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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
Uredbe iz leta 2010 ne povzemajo določbe iz leta 2007 o vročem žigosanju kopitarjev in ni nobenih dovoljenj.
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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
Navedena metoda označevanja; v Sch. 7 ni posebnega pogoja.
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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
What each status means
- Prepovedano
- Prohibited outright.
- Omejeno
- Allowed with conditions other than a vet: an age limit, a method, a licence.
- Dovoljeno
- Allowed.
The law on other procedures
- Kupiranje ušes
- Kupiranje repa
- Kupiranje repa (rejne živali)
- Odstranitev volčjih krempljev
- Odstranjevanje rožnih zametkov
- Odstranjevanje rogov
- Odstranitev krempljev (onihektomija)
- Odstranitev glasilk (devokalizacija)
- Krajšanje kljuna
- Amputacija konice krila
- Krajšanje zob
- Mulesing
- Odstranitev grebena in podbradkov
- Odstranitev ostrog
- Vstavljanje nosnega obročka
- Žigosanje z mrazom
- Zarezovanje repa (dvig)