Nova Scotia bans animal tail docking
The Nova Scotia Veterinary Medical Association has banned its members from docking, or cutting a dog’s tail or ears – often done by breeders for cosmetic purposes. This follows a similar ban passed in neighbouring New Brunswick in late 2008.
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Everyone is forgetting that horses are included in this ban. Anyone who thinks that draft horses are docked purely for cosmetic reasons has never worked with them.
Thanks Tracy; you are correct, horses are included in this ban. However the ban only covers docking “for cosmetic purposes”.
Docking work horses to prevent injury (which according to a few vets is very rare these days) or for any reason than “for cosmetic purposes”, I believe, is exempt from this ban.