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  1. Despite the availability of freeze branding and microchips, wild ponies in Exmoor and Dartmoor are still facing the torture of hot branding. In order to stop this, please read through this petition and even better, sign it: http://www.change.org/petitions/defragovuk-stop-the-multiple-hot-branding-of-equines-in-england-and-wales?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=6813&alert_id=yaiYVIsVCp_FEavVJGilT Thanks

    Saturday, 30-Jun-12 23:04:42 UTC from web
    1. @yorkiebrony Actually hot branding isn't near as a bad as it sounds, at least not for cattle anyways. I've seen cattle branded via the burn method and they have a much higher pain tolerance then you'd expect. It's nowhere near torture for the animals, but I guess freeze banding is also good. Microchips can also be easily removed by cattle rustlers, while a simple brand will make all their efforts in vain.

      Friday, 06-Jul-12 14:20:03 UTC from web
      1. @equestriagaming I have no idea whether there are differences between equine and bovine pain tolerance levels. In order to remove microchips you first have to find them on the body, and that's not always as easy as it sounds. Freeze-marking then cannot be erased, and it remains clear to be seen. And hot branding doesn't always give a clear identification tag. Some hot branding is done that sloppy that ponies cannot be identified from their branding mark. Taking into account the discomfort that comes with hot branding, and the availability of better alternatives I stick to my opinion that hot branding is abuse for which there is no place in the 21st-century.

        Friday, 06-Jul-12 14:41:06 UTC from web
    2. @yorkiebrony I say lets put barcode stickers/tatoo's on em :3

      Friday, 06-Jul-12 14:20:42 UTC from web