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This method is mostly used when a pig is bailed up and standing its ground. The dogs should remain a safe distance from the pig, allowing the hunter to make a clean, close range shot to the head vital zone. A firearm may be the preferred method if the pig is being held, and there is a risk of injury to the dogs, the hunter or the pig itself.
Hunting pigs with dogs involves the dog flushing out the pig and chasing it until it is exhausted or cornered. When the pig has been ‘bailed up’ (the pig remains stationary facing the dog), the hunter moves in to either shoot the pig at close range with a firearm or kill it by stabbing in the heart with a knife (called ‘sticking’).
feral pig populations. Pigs are either fl ushed out of cover or bailed up and then subsequently shot by hunters or “dogged” where larger dogs are used to hold the pig so it can be either shot or stabbed by hunters. Dogs are trained to be fi nders, bailers or holders and this can be dependent on their breed and/or their size.
The main thing is the dogs have to be willing to stand back and bail because as soon as any dog goes in and grabs a pig and that pig starts to squeal all of the rest of the pigs will break away leaving you with only the one pig. These pigs that I have bailed up are my own pigs and are nine months old and weigh between 50 – 60 pounds each.
- Overview
- Applies to England
- What a holding is
- What a movement is
- Who needs to report movements
- Before you start keeping pigs
- When you move pigs
- Moving pigs through holdings (in a ‘pig pyramid’)
- Importing and exporting pigs
- Pig births and deaths
How to report and record pig movements and when to follow the standstill rule.
Your holding is the land and buildings you use to keep pigs (and any other livestock), including those kept as pets or for a hobby.
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) give each holding a unique county parish holding (CPH) number. A livestock business may have more than one holding and CPH number.
A movement happens any time animals are moved on or moved off your holding. It can include moving them:
•to and from a different holding, for example another farm
•to a vet
•to your holding when you buy or import animals from another country in the UK or from abroad
•from your holding when you sell or export animals abroad, including through an assembly centre
•to a slaughterhouse
Anyone who wants to move pigs on or off their holding or premises needs to report movements. This includes:
•farmers
•pet pig keepers
•market operators
•collection centre operators
•lairage operators (where it has its own CPH number - for example a slaughterhouse’s nearby field lairage)
If this is the first time you’ll keep pigs, you must:
1.Apply for a CPH number from the RPA.
2.Get a herd mark from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) – you must do this within 30 days of your pigs arriving.
If your registered details or circumstances change, for example your telephone number or business name, or you stop keeping pigs, you must contact RPA and APHA as soon as possible (and within 30 days). Find out how to update your details.
When moving pigs, you must:
•make sure they’re correctly identified with an ear tag, ear tattoo or slap marks
•report the movement
•record the move in your holding register
You must also register with eAML2. You can:
•set up (pre-notify) movements
You can apply for approval from APHA to operate a set of holdings as a ‘pig pyramid’. If approved, you can move pigs without following the standstill rule.
This is sometimes used by larger integrated operations for breeding and growing.
The moves must be one-way (‘downwards’) only.
However, if animals are moved on to a holding in the pyramid from holdings outside of the pyramid, then the holding which receives the animals will go under a standstill. The rest of the pyramid is able to move animals.
You still have to report movements on eAML2.
You must have approval from APHA to operate a part of a pig pyramid. If you do not have approval you must always follow the standstill rule - you may get a fine or be prosecuted if you do not.
You do not have to report the birth or death of a pig on your premises or record them.
You must not bury or burn carcasses on your holding unless an incineration plant on your holding has been approved by APHA.
Read the guide on how to dispose of fallen stock for more information.
Published 10 October 2023
Last updated 4 December 2023 + show all updates
1.4 December 2023
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