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If requested, a new member must produce all his lambs for
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inspection at one and the same time.
Members shall use Registered Rams or Crowned Ram Lambs
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only with their Swaledale Flocks. Any member who uses a
Crowned Ram Lamb which dies before reaching registration as a
Shearling can apply to the Council of Management for a special
registration number. This request to be accompanied by a letter
from a Veterinary Surgeon confirming death and giving the ram’s
ear number and cause of death, if possible. These letters to be
lodged with the Head Secretary. Each case to be judged on its
own merits.
From Autumn 2021, any ram lamb offered for sale at Association
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sales, and all ram lambs intended for breeding as ram lambs must
be Scrapie Genotyped.
The District Secretaries, during their time in office, are considered
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as members of the Council (as long as they are members of the
Association).
An appeal against rejection in registration of Rams is allowed
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on condition that the appeal is submitted in writing, along with a
deposit of £25 per Ram, to be received by the Head Secretary
within three days of rejection. This deposit is refundable on a
successful appeal.
A.I. is to be allowed from injured or ill Rams provided a
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Veterinary Certificate, stating the Ram is incapable of natural
service, because of the afore mentioned reasons, is lodged with
the Head Secretary.
The SSBA will enter into the breeding book, animals of the same
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breed, that are eligible for entry under the Society’s breed criteria,
without discrimination on account of their country of origin.