Campaigners demand dog passports

AN EQUINE passport system has just come into effect but animal rights campaigners have called for the scheme to be extended to cover dogs.

It is mandatory for all horses to have passports, to allow the authorities to keep track of them and to trace any horses affected by cruelty back to their owners.

Implementation of the legislation has been welcomed by the ISPCA, but they say that it is also badly needed for dogs.