Irish knackeries halt fallen sheep and horse collections amid dispute with agriculture department
A dispute in Ireland between fallen-animal collectors and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) over the Fallen Animal Scheme has entered its second week. The Animal Collectors' Association says that from this week, fallen sheep and horses will no longer be collected.
A dispute in Ireland between knackeries, the businesses that collect fallen animals, and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) over the Fallen Animal Scheme has escalated. It is now in its second week.
The Animal Collectors' Association (ACA) has confirmed that from this week knackeries will no longer collect fallen sheep and horses. Farmers and owners whose animals die will therefore lose this service for those two species.
The association also raised the matter of on-farm deaths, but the available excerpt of the source does not set out the details.
The source does not say what exactly lies behind the dispute, whether talks are under way between the two sides, or when the situation might be resolved.
