Spottyappy
Well-Known Member
Sadly, one of our horses passed away at the weekend.
Now, as I understand it, the law says your vet should sign the passport, then it be returned to the issuing authority?
As she was found dead- probably a heart attack- we didn't need the vet(praise be, no mega high vet bill to pay! And, no horrible decisions to be made, she kindly spared us that).
The people who took her away didn't need the passport- ashes being returned to us, not sure if that has a bearing on it, but I thought they needed the passport?
When vet contacted, they seemed at a loss at what to do, but said they didn't need to sign it either.
Surely, this just proves how senseless and what a waste of money passports are- if we were dishonest(which we're not) we could reassign the passport,to another animal, or maybe sell the passport onto someone unscrupuless
Contacted the issuer, who suggested we return it to them,with a covering letter.
But, what if we didn't do that,seems we would be in a position that noone would bother if we didn't?
What have other people done when they have been in this situation?
Now, as I understand it, the law says your vet should sign the passport, then it be returned to the issuing authority?
As she was found dead- probably a heart attack- we didn't need the vet(praise be, no mega high vet bill to pay! And, no horrible decisions to be made, she kindly spared us that).
The people who took her away didn't need the passport- ashes being returned to us, not sure if that has a bearing on it, but I thought they needed the passport?
When vet contacted, they seemed at a loss at what to do, but said they didn't need to sign it either.
Surely, this just proves how senseless and what a waste of money passports are- if we were dishonest(which we're not) we could reassign the passport,to another animal, or maybe sell the passport onto someone unscrupuless
Contacted the issuer, who suggested we return it to them,with a covering letter.
But, what if we didn't do that,seems we would be in a position that noone would bother if we didn't?
What have other people done when they have been in this situation?