Update June 24, 2008: The House Judiciary Committee has voted to pass H.B. 2532, a bill that would
ban debarking, tail docking and surgical birthing done without a veterinarian using anesthesia.
Not exact matches
Laws
banning ear cropping, tail docking,
debarking, declawing, or enforcing early spay and neuter protocols attempt to dictate how you practice medicine.
The legislative backfire gallery — laws intended to achieve an admirable goal such as reducing neighborhood nuisances, stray cats or discarded dogs but which often achieve the opposite effect — include arbitrary pet limit laws,
bans against specific breeds, penalties against feeding neighborhood cats, outlawing elective veterinary procedures like
debarking and declawing or charging exorbitant licensing fees for intact animals.
Housing laws and policies that
ban pets, prohibit specific breeds, require cats to be declawed or dogs to be
debarked or severely restrict pet ownership based on size should be rejected.
       Under the original bill some of the worst puppy mill abuses would have beenÂ
banned: Ear cropping, tail docking,
debarking, and surgical births are prohibited except under anesthesia and by a licensed veterinarian.