Horse owners urged to campaign against proposed tax

A CONTROVERSIAL horse tax is being worked on by the Government, to help fund a proposed new animal health body to manage future disease outbreaks amongst equines.Horse owners everywhere are

Horse owners everywhere are furious about the lack of consultation on the new levy.

Equestrian groups throughout the country say the idea should have been properly reviewed before any details were published.

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They have also criticised the government for not giving any indication in its recently published draft animal welfare bill of how much the new horse 'tax' will be.

For full story see Sussex Horse World, West Sussex Gazette February 17