Ponies detained at Belfast Port over Brexit forms to be rele

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Ponies detained at Belfast Port over Brexit forms to be released

Four horses held for สมัครสล็อต a month at Belfast Port due to incorrect post-Brexit paperwork are to be released, a judge has ordered.

The Dartmoor ponies, bought by a County Down woman for her daughter's birthday, were detained after arriving on a ferry from Liverpool
on 21 March.

The animals were held because of issues with veterinary forms completed to comply with the NI Protocol.

The case is the first of its kind since the new arrangements came into force.

The ponies faced the prospect of being returned to Britain to be quarantined for a further 30 days.

'No virtue' in form-filling lesson
Amid concerns they could end up being slaughtered, Belfast Magistrates' Court granted owner Ashleigh Massey's appeal against being
denied access to the ponies.

Ordering their release from a Department of Agriculture, Environmental and Rural Affairs (DAERA) facility at the docks, District Judge
George Conner said: "I see no virtue in sending the animals back to Scotland or any other place on the mainland just to teach someone
a lesson in form-filling."

Documentation was completed by experienced veterinary surgeon Phillipa Hughes, who has arranged the export of animals throughout
Europe, after the horses were bought from a seller in Wales.

According to DAERA, whose officials denied the ponies' entry, there were serious omissions about the animals' place of origin, required for
welfare and tracing purposes.