{"id":140190,"date":"2025-03-17T18:50:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T18:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/activist\/manitoba-veterinary-medical-association-bans-cruel-tail-docking-procedures\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T18:50:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T18:50:30","slug":"manitoba-veterinary-medical-association-bans-cruel-tail-docking-procedures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=140190","title":{"rendered":"Manitoba Veterinary Medical Association bans cruel tail docking procedures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>WINNIPEG\u2014Animal Justice applauds the Manitoba Veterinary Medical Association (MVMA) for its compassionate and science-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mvma.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/General-By-Law-no.-1-Approved-January-24-2025.pdf\">decision<\/a> to ban members from performing cosmetic tail docking procedures on dogs.\u00a0Amputating dogs\u2019 tails in the name of \u201cbreed standards\u201d is a painful and unnecessary practice banned by an increasing number of veterinary associations, Canadian provinces, and jurisdictions around the world.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to causing excruciating pain, tail docking also puts dogs at risk of serious and painful\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bmcvetres.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s12917-016-0666-z\">complications<\/a>.\u00a0Tail docking is now added to the list of cosmetic mutilations that MVMA members are prohibited from performing, including cropping the ears of dogs and declawing cats.\u00a0Unfortunately, some dog breeders perform tail docking themselves, making it important for the province to amend\u00a0<em>The Animal Care Act\u00a0<\/em>to reflect the MVMA\u2019s strong and progressive rules.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe MVMA should be applauded for this strong and progressive decision to prioritize the health and well-being of dogs,\u201d said Kaitlyn Mitchell, Winnipeg-based lawyer and director of legal advocacy with Animal Justice.\u00a0\u201cDogs\u2019 bodies should not be mutilated for human aesthetic preferences. We urge the province to follow the MVMA\u2019s lead and ban all cosmetic mutilations of animals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jurisdictions around the world, including the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, and many European countries have banned cosmetic tail docking of dogs, a position supported by the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association. In Canada, it\u2019s now illegal to crop dogs\u2019 ears and tails in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/animaljustice.ca\/blog\/quebec-animal-welfare-regulation-2022\">Quebec<\/a>,\u00a0PEI, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/animaljustice.ca\/blog\/nova-scotia-makes-history-by-banning-cat-declawing-and-other-mutilations\">Nova Scotia<\/a>.\u00a0In addition to Manitoba, veterinary associations in British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec, PEI, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, and New Brunswick also prohibit vets from performing cosmetic mutilations including docking the tails of dogs and declawing cats.<\/p>\n<p>Though banning veterinarians from docking dogs\u2019 tails is a major step forward, some dog breeders perform tail docking of young puppies themselves so that their appearance reflects so-called \u201cbreed standards\u201d.\u00a0Banning cosmetic mutilations such as tail docking under Manitoba\u2019s\u00a0<em>Animal Care Act<\/em>\u00a0would ensure all animals are protected from these unnecessary and painful procedures, even when they are performed by individuals who are not veterinarians.<\/p>\n<p>Contact:<\/p>\n<p>Josh Lynn<br \/>Public Relations Manager<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/animaljustice.ca\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"4c26203522220c2d2225212d2026393f38252f29622f2d\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kaitlyn Mitchell<br \/>Director of Legal Advocacy<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/animaljustice.ca\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"cca7a1a5b8afa4a9a0a08cada2a5a1ada0a6b9bfb8a5afa9e2afad\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; WINNIPEG\u2014Animal Justice applauds the Manitoba Veterinary Medical Association (MVMA) for its compassionate and science-based decision to ban members from performing cosmetic tail docking procedures on dogs.\u00a0Amputating dogs\u2019 tails in the name of \u201cbreed standards\u201d is a painful and unnecessary practice banned by an increasing number of veterinary associations, Canadian provinces, and jurisdictions around [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12022],"tags":[16646,14812,42922,59434,15942,4560,42925,6041,25849],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-140190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activist","tag-association","tag-bans","tag-cruel","tag-docking","tag-manitoba","tag-medical","tag-procedures","tag-tail","tag-veterinary"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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