British Horse Society (BHS) goes ‘RAW’ in 2003!
Following on from the success of the British Horse Society’s
annual campaign, to control the deadly weed, Root out Ragwort
Week, comes RAW - Ragwort Awareness Week, which will be launched
on Thursday 24 July at the BHS owned Royal International Horse
Show, Hickstead, West Sussex.
RAW will run from 21 – 27 July this year and its aims
are simple; to take the campaign to control Ragwort to a higher
level! Thanks to the BHS many people can now recognise Ragwort
and realise that the weed can cause death to horses, ponies,
cattle and other livestock. RAW aims to raise the political
awareness of the campaign and has already got off to a flying
start with a Ragwort Bill going forward to Report Stage and
Third Reading (set for 11 July) in the House of Lords.
The Private Members’ Bill, known as the Ragwort Control
Bill, aims to provide statutory guidance on how to prevent
the spread of Ragwort through a code of practice, and the
BHS is confident that if the Bill succeeds it will make a
positive difference in controlling the spread of Ragwort.
Hot off the press this week are two new Ragwort leaflets
produced by the BHS. The first, A Guide to Ragwort, contains
information for horse owners about the plant, ways of controlling
it and useful contacts. The second, A Guide to Ragwort for
Landowners and Occupiers, looks at the options available to
people who have Ragwort on their land and what responsibilities
they have to remove the weed.
To receive a leaflet please send an A5 sae to the Welfare
Department, British Horse Society, Stoneleigh Deer Park, Kenilworth,
Warwickshire CV8 2XZ, marked ‘A Guide to Ragwort’
or ‘A Guide to Ragwort for Landowners and Occupiers’.
For further information on Ragwort and RAW visit www.bhs.org.uk
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