Notes for Lobbying procedure. Nor does a dog which has been docked as a puppy have any problems with balance or communication. If, however, tail damage occurs during adulthood and docking has to be carried out for therapeutic reasons, normally under anaesthetic, a dog can be seriously distressed and the healing process can be painful and protracted. Statistics - Northern Ireland Equine Mounted Hunts and Beagling There are 17 registered hunting packs in Northern Ireland; 3 Beagle packs and 14 mounted ones. 34 full time employees 900 hounds Nearly 1000 members Including members and their families/followers; 1703 people hunt regularly and own 2452 horses ‘primarily kept and ridden for hunting’ 2,822 full or part time employees work with their horses Foot Harrier Clubs 13 packs Foot harrier participants 72 club members Collectively own 390 hounds 330 persons regularly participating Point-to-points 9 point-to-point courses in Northern Ireland 20 fixtures held in Northern Ireland in the 09/10 season £1,500 for the landowner for each use of their ground for a point-to-point 518 qualified riders, who mostly ride in point-to-points and National Hunt flat races There are 44 fully licensed or restricted trainers in Northern Ireland 540 Hunter Certificates issued in Northern Ireland during the 09/10 season at £50 each (3750 issued throughout Ireland) 2593 entries for point-to-points in Northern Ireland in the 09/10 season at £35/€50 each General - Equine Industry
Angling Northern Ireland is described as “one of the finest places for angling in Europe”. There are an estimated 30,000 anglers in Northern Ireland There are more than 420 angling destinations open to tourists In 2009 there were 1,918,000 out of state visits to Northern Ireland; generating a revenue of £337m Fishing equated to 3% of activities undertaken by visitors to Northern Ireland in 2008 Fermanagh Lakeland was estimated to bring in £36.7m through tourism in the 2007 period In 2005 the aggregate gross expenditure contribution of visitor/tourist anglers to Northern Ireland totalled £3.5m, equating to an economic benefit of £1.8m In 2005 the aggregate gross expenditure contribution of Northern Ireland resident anglers was £39.3m, equating to an economic benefit of £20.5m In 2005 there were 778 full time employees involved in Northern Irish angling 20,527 resident game angling licence holders in Northern Ireland in 2005 4,363 resident coarse licence holders in Northern Ireland in 2005 In 2006 there were 18,250 full time employees in the angling industry in the UK The annual spend by anglers in the UK was estimated at £1.2billion in 1991 Tail Docking Post tail docking in Scotland there have been 16,000 tail injuries and 5,000 adult tail amputations in a one year period. Only veterinary surgeons can carry out tail docking. Adult tail amputation through injury can be distressing for the dog. In 2010 1/3 tail injuries requiring veterinary treatment resulted in amputation.
Total horse and pony population in Northern Ireland exceeds 35,500 Labour valued at £54m and 5657 full time employees 30,000 acres of land used at a value of £148.5m Value of spend for services and products is approximately £110m
Tail docking, in the dog population studied by Diesel et al, is responsible for a 12% reduction in tail injuries.
Shooting
The above facts relate to Northern Ireland only to combat the threats that are currently facing our members in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
There are 2,100 full time employees in Northern Ireland 60,000 firearm certificates issued at a value of £50 each There are a significant number of gun dealers in Northern Ireland.
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Shooting is involved in the management of two thirds of the rural land area, approximately 990,000ha. In 2006 the total contribution to the Northern Ireland economy through shooting related expenditure was £45m
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