follow on from horse transport licensing question

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charmaine

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Does anyone know who to report a suspected unlicensed horse transporter to.

Also who would you report someone to who had transported a horse which was unfit to travel.
 
They need to be reported to VOSA which is Vehicle & Operators Services Agency (Used to be Dept of transport). Your Yellow pages will give you the local number, under government Agencies.

Any legitimate transporters would be more than happy to show you their operators licence, insurance to cover care, custody & control, DEFRA authorisation and of course now the CPC for transport of animals which has recently been intoroduced. An orange operators licence is for someone making a living out of their own horses (should not be transporting anyone elses for money), a blue licence is for national transport and a green is for international transport.

Regarding your second question, I suppose DEFRA??
 
If vehicle used was over 3.5T you can report as illegal operator to VOSA. The care custody and control is desirable - not mandatory in legal terms.

A valid operator's licence would not necessarily mean that person was licensed to transport horses - as there are other requirements - which must be in place even if a jeep and trailer were being used. VOSA is not interested in the other requirements when issuing an operator license.

The transporter should be carrying at all times:

SVS Animal Transporter Authorisation (which will indicate whether T1 or T2 approval) Tel 0845 603 8395 - without this they have NOT been approved to transport animals.

Vehicle approval number if a T2 (up to and over 8 hours vehicle approval) T2 vehicles are marked with metal plate. A T1 authorisation does not allow transporter to transport for journeys over 8 hours. T2 lorries must comply with certain requirements such as being fitted with fans, temperature monitoring etc.

The CPC for transport of animals (since Jan 2008). This is also even mandatory for some private owners if they are travelling to compete in certain countries - Portugal being one of them.

A fitness to travel declaration must be signed before loading horse. If an animal is deemed unfit to travel it can only be moved under veterinary direction eg. to be transported to or from veterinary treatment – and only when no unnecessary suffering will be caused to the animal.

If an unregistered horse is being transported it must be accompanied by a Journey Log.

And of course passport must be carried as well.

If you know the transporter – see if you can find out their SVS number – if none then they are illegal. Even if they are technically legal – if they transported a horse that was unfit to travel, then they were breaking the law.

If you want to contact DEFRA you can find your local office here: http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalhealth/about-us/contact-us/animal-health-offices.htm
 
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