On Wednesday, September 3, 2003, at 12:18 am, Julia Thompson wrote:
What is GB's Docking and Nicking Act? What is covered?
Julia
2 dogs, one from the Humane Society, the other from an unplanned and unwanted litter (mother was spayed once the last one was weaned; mother belonged to a co-worker)
Originally horses, but various subsequent legislation covers dogs and so on. To prevent tail amputation, ear-cropping and such for purely cosmetic reasons. Sheep can still get their tails cropped for valid health reasons[1], but dogs can't be made to have erect ears by being snipped and bound as puppies frex.
Doesn't prevent child genital mutilation of course, because that's religious :) And not animals...
[1] Because with all that human-bred woolliness they really don't need a big fuzzy tail at that end of the alimentary canal.. Gangrene...
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