American Dog Owners Association

1. New Zealand: new code to allow docking of pups
(Matching tags: Cropping/Docking)

Tail docking of new-born puppies has been given the go ahead on the grounds that they won't feel much pain. The National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (Nawac) said yesterday there was no available ...

2. Dog fancier takes tail docking protest to show ring
(Matching tags: Cropping/Docking)

A Chadds Ford woman is taking her opposition to tail docking to the American Kennel Club show ring this weekend. Nora Sadler plans to show her Weimaraner Whistler - his tail long and intact, not ...

3. San Antonio, TX: animal ordinance revisions
(Matching tags: Tethering,Dangerous Dogs,Cropping/Docking,Pet Limits)

Visit RPOA Texas Outreach for draft of Chapter 5 Animal Ordinance Revisions

4. Nova Scotia, Canada: veterinarians ban tail docking
(Matching tags: Cropping/Docking)

Veterinarians in Nova Scotia will no longer cut the tails and ears of dogs for cosmetic reasons, prompting an outcry from some breeders. The Nova Scotia Veterinary Medical Association is forbidding ...

5. Vermont H.744: debarking, tail docking, and surgical birth procedures to be performed only by licensed veterinarians
(Matching tags: Cropping/Docking,Debarking)

Bill text (pdf) This bill proposes to require that debarking, tail docking, and surgical birth procedures on dogs be performed only by licensed veterinarians and with the animal under general anesthesia. ...

6. Moorhead, ND: council discusses licensing, microchipping
(Matching tags: Microchipping,Tethering,Cropping/Docking,Licensing,Mandatory Sterilization)

The Moorhead City Council gave staff the go-ahead Tuesday night to explore new regulations dealing with animals, including how they are licensed and how they can or cannot be transported in the back ...

7. New Hampshire HB 1624: AN ACT relative to the care and treatment of dogs by breeders within the state (INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE)
(Matching tags: Kennel Regulations,Debarking,Cropping/Docking)

Bill text | Bill status Requires persons keeping more than 10 intact dogs over 4 months to comply with regulations set forth in AGR 1702, which currently applies only to pet shops, shelters and commercial ...

8. Delaware: Laws to protect dogs a tricky task
(Matching tags: Cropping/Docking,HSUS,Kennel Regulations)

[S]everal legislators are determined to craft bills this session to protect man's best friend -- while not arousing the ire of the many different constituencies that care deeply about dogs. Rep. Melanie ...

9. NSW, Australia: breeder seeks to make banding method of docking legal
(Matching tags: Cropping/Docking)

A dog breeder in Central Western NSW is pushing for changes to a controversial law which makes it illegal to dock the tail of a dog. The State Government passed legislation in 2004 making it an offence ...

10. Veterinary Ireland calls for end to 'tail docking' of dogs
(Matching tags: Cropping/Docking)

VETERINARY IRELAND, the representative body for veterinary surgeons in Ireland, has called for the introduction of legislation banning the practice of “tail docking” of puppies. It has said there are ...

11. The Painful Cost of 'Breed Standards'
(Matching tags: Cropping/Docking)

Legislatures in Pennsylvania and Illinois are considering bills that would reduce or eliminate what animal welfare advocates call mutilations, and what breeders and American Kennel Club (AKC) call “breed ...

12. UK: Dog breeder loses appeal over puppies' tail docking
(Matching tags: Cropping/Docking)

A dog breeder who docked the tails of his puppies has lost his appeal against causing them unnecessary suffering. Tony Sims used cable ties to remove the tails from boxer and rottweiler pups he bred ...