Showing posts with label Farriers Registration Council. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Farriers Registration Council. Show all posts
Friday, July 01, 2016

Discipline Committee strips British farrier of right to practice; apprentice complained of bullying

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A sculpture honoring the relationship between a master and apprentice above the  Craiglockhart Primary School  in Edinburgh, Scotland. Pho...
Friday, May 06, 2016

British Minister Meets with Farriers on Future Registration, Discipline Changes for the Profession

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DEFRA Minister George Eustice, MP can't take his eyes off the horseshoe he forged at the  anvil with help from Simon Moore, FWCF, dur...
Monday, October 27, 2014

British Non-Farrier Found Guilty of Over-Trimming, Gluing Hoof Boots; Charged as Animal Welfare Act Violations

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The following information is being printed verbatim, except where noted in italics and where spelling has been Americanized. This is a d...
Friday, March 21, 2014

Next Step in Re-vamp of Farriers Registration Act in Great Britain

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A government report published on Wednesday takes another step toward  modernizing a law governing who can shoe--or possibly trim--British...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

British Government Opens Consultation Period for Reforms to Farriers Registration Act

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Today the Farriers Registration Council in Great Britain announced that that country's governmental Department of Environment, Food...
Friday, June 28, 2013

British Farrier Training: College-Based Training Replaces Agency-Run Apprentice System

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For as long as there have been farriers, there have surely been apprentices, because that is how the skills and knowledge were passed down...
Tuesday, March 05, 2013

British Farrier Diplomates in Inaugural Pledge to Uphold Profession and Equine Welfare Standards

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Graduate farriers in Great Britain recited the inaugural pledge to their profession. On February 28, the Worshipful Company of Farriers ...
Saturday, October 20, 2012

British Barefoot Hoof Tape Controversy Escalates: Advocate Pledges Legal Assault on Farriers Registration Act, Council, and Illegal Farriery Charges

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A hoof trimmer at work on a horse. Both hoof trimmers and farriers wear aprons, use hoof stands, and  carry knives, nippers and rasps. How...
Sunday, September 16, 2012

Hoof Casting Tape: A Shoe By Another Name? Non-Farrier Hoofcare Practitioner Pleads Guilty to Illegal Farriery in Great Britain

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A press release (see below) has been issued by the Farriers Registration Council in Great Britain.  In that country, farriery is a ti...
Thursday, September 07, 2006

Convicted Strasser Trimmer Announces Appeal After Conviction in England; Farriers Registration Council Appalled

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Mary Jo Kowalski (left) and Dr. Hiltrud Strasser (right) at a hearing in England. Snippets from an article in today's Horse and Ho...
Saturday, May 28, 2005

UK Fox Hunting Ban Will Cripple Livelihood of Farriers; Association Seeks Compensation from Government

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Britain’s landed gentry may be inconvenienced and incensed by the recent Parliamentary ban on foxhunting, but the spotlight for fighting ...