Rules for a public event with regard to the Badsworth & Bramham Moor Hunt

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Dear Leeds City Council,

With the Badsworth & Bramham Moor Hunt having previously held one part of their Boxing Day meets in Aberford regularly, I am assuming they are this year, but would welcome any information that this year they are not.

Assuming they are, I would like to know if:

A) They have provided public liability insurance

B) A risk assessment has taken place, taking note of the fact that hunt kennels come under HSE guidance as being the responsibility of their local council for public health concerns. There are biosecurity risks with the hounds coming into contact with the general public, especially children and the elderly. Recent scientific evidence has stated that dogs fed a raw meat diet carry a higher risk of infection such as Ecoli, Salmonella, Listeria and the such. Hunt hounds are fed fallen stock from farms in most cases which, owing to the nature of that requisition, may mean through illness to the unfortunate animal. Pets as therapy dogs (PAT) do not allow their canine representatives to be fed a raw diet for these very reasons. We would then request, if any permission is to be given for this event to go ahead, the correct procedures are followed by your environmental officers to ensure there is no wider public health risk and the status of the kennel hygiene is assured.

C) An Event Management Plan has been provided

D) Any road closures have been properly applied for and agreed.

E) A competent, responsible person has been nominated for health and safety

Yours faithfully,

Pablo.

DPFOI, Leeds City Council

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IMG.Requests, Leeds City Council

Dear Pablo

Environmental Information Regulations Request (Ref: 246951)

I refer to the above and your request dated 25 November 2019. I have
contacted the relevant services and now provide a response to your request
relating to Badsworth & Bramham Moor Hunt .

With the Badsworth & Bramham Moor Hunt having previously held one part of
their Boxing Day meets in Aberford regularly, I am assuming they are this
year, but would welcome any information that this year they are not.

 

I would like to know if:

 

A) They have provided public liability insurance

 

B) A risk assessment has taken place, taking note of the fact that hunt
kennels come under HSE guidance as being the responsibility of their local
council for public health concerns. There are biosecurity risks with the
hounds coming into contact with the general public, especially children
and the elderly. Recent scientific evidence has stated that dogs fed a raw
meat diet carry a higher risk of infection such as Ecoli, Salmonella,
Listeria and the such. Hunt hounds are fed fallen stock from farms in most
cases which, owing to the nature of that requisition, may mean through
illness to the unfortunate animal. Pets as therapy dogs (PAT) do not allow
their canine representatives to be fed a raw diet for these very reasons.
We would then request, if any permission is to be given for this event to
go ahead, the correct procedures are followed by your environmental
officers to ensure there is no wider public health risk and the status of
the kennel hygiene is assured.

 

C) An Event Management Plan has been provided

 

D) Any road closures have been properly applied for and agreed.

 

E) A competent, responsible person has been nominated for health and
safety

 

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Sam Slatcher

Information Governance Officer

Requests Team

Information Management & Governance

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Dear IMG.Requests,

So it is DEFRA that would deal with the road closures?

Yours sincerely,

Pablo

IMG.Requests, Leeds City Council

Dear Pablo

Leeds City Council have had no road closures requests for this event either for this year or in previous years.

Kind Regards

Sam Slatcher
Information Governance Officer
Requests Team
Information Management & Governance
Digital & Information Service
Leeds City Council
Tel: 0113 37 84251

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