热烙印: the law by country
Where it is banned, allowed only under conditions or permitted. Each rule names its law and links to the source.
- 禁止: 5 places
- 有条件允许: 2 places
- 允许: 2 places
比利时
Brussels Capital
该机构表示，禁止以铁烙印标识马匹，改用微芯片。该机构页面日期为2020年5月5日。
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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 2026年11月4日
波兰
Whole country
以烧烙方式给温血动物作标记被列为虐待，除非是法律允许的程序。
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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 2026年11月4日
加拿大
Whole country
National Farm Animal Care Council Code of Practice：行业守则，不是制定法。NFACC表示，守则的要求在大多数省份并无明文约束力，但可作为动物受困扰的证据。省级法律的援引情况：NL采纳该守则（NLR 36/12；NLR 35/12 s.15规定，守则所禁止的做法即为被禁止的做法），SK规定为适用守则（Reg 1 s.3-4），NB（Reg 2000-4 s.4(2), Sch A）和BC（B.C. Reg. 34/2019，作为普遍接受的做法）将其列为抗辩理由，NS予以接受（Act s.28(b)）。肉牛：仅在出口需要、政策要求或作为所有权证明时，由受过训练的人员进行；不得对湿的牛进行。奶牛不得烙印。
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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 2026年11月4日
捷克
Whole country
给马烙印作标记，由有资质的人员进行时，免于麻醉要求。所读文本取自某法律出版商所载Act 246/1992 Sb.的副本（最后修订于2025年4月1日），并非官方汇编。
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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 2026年11月4日
新西兰
Whole country
任何人不得对动物热烙印。马、小型马和驴的临时例外（r 55M）已于2026-05-09被撤销，因此不再有例外。罚款最高NZ$5,000（法人团体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 2021年5月9日Checked 2026年11月4日
英国
England
被列为马匹的标识方法；Sch. 7没有具体条件。
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Listed as an identification method for horses; no specific condition in Sch. 7.
SI 2007/1100, Sch. 1In force since 2007年4月6日Checked 2026年11月4日
未列入牛的标识方法，而牛的标识方法包括冷冻烙印。
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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 2007年4月6日Checked 2026年11月4日
Scotland
2010年的条例没有重新制定2007年关于马科动物热烙印的规定，也不存在任何授权。
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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 2010年11月5日Checked 2026年11月4日
Wales
被列为标识方法；Sch. 7没有具体条件。
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Listed identification method; no specific condition in Sch. 7.
WSI 2007/1029, Sch. 1In force since 2007年3月28日Checked 2026年11月4日
What each status means
- 禁止
- Prohibited outright.
- 有条件允许
- Allowed with conditions other than a vet: an age limit, a method, a licence.
- 允许
- Allowed.