New initiative to control horses

THE DSPCA has announced new measures aimed at dealing with the numbers of lost and abandoned horses in the Greater Dublin area.

The programme will be carried out in conjunction with UCD’s School of Veterinary Medicine and has the support of Horse Sport Ireland. It aims to castrate and microchip 100 stallions in the Greater Dublin Area on a subsidised basis. The initiative will be known as

‘Snip

‘n’ Chip’.

The scheme will be part-funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

‘Snip

‘n’ Chip’ will cost the horse owner

?¬100 which will include implanting the microchip, passporting and registering the owners’ details on the Horse Sport Ireland database, in addition to the castration of the animal.

Horse owners wishing to find out more information or to register for this service can complete the application form on the DSPCA website at www.dspca.ie