Tail Docking

• The Anti-Docking Alliance - Working to abolish the practice of docking dogs' tails.
• Council of Docked Breeds - UK-based organization's campaign to protect the future welfare of all traditionally docked breeds. News, reasons for tail docking, photographs, survey, and links.
• Dogs Downunder: All About Docking Downunder - Legislation, press releases, resource kit for opposing the legislation and links.

• Kerry Blues: Tail Docking - Origins, pros and cons, organization positions, and fighting the ban.
• RCVS: Docking of Dogs' Tails - Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons position statement.
• RCVS Vets for Docking - Response to a proposed law which would ban docking in the UK. Includes position statements and a list RCVS veterinary surgeons who wish to be allowed to continue the practice.
• RSPCA: Tail Docking Campaign - Australia's Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' reasons to ban cosmetic tail docking. Links.
• Say No to Tail Docking - A protest to tail docking of dogs as unnecessary and unacceptable. Facts and pictures.
• Vizsla Newzsletter:- This Tail Docking Discussion, And What It Means To You - Article by Steve Peacocke in response to a New Zealand SPCA campaign to ban docking.

Email Newsletters (Dairy Herd)
A bill to ban tail docking in dairy cattle in California passed the state Senate last week and is now being considered in the state Assembly. If this bill, SB135, passes the practice of tail docking in dairy cattle would be banned.

The Buzz: 'Controlling' the state proves to be dangerous (The Sacramento Bee)
Being the state's chief check writer in tough budget times can be hard on your health

Calif. lawmakers rally on animal welfare issues (AP via Yahoo! Asia News)
California voters' landslide support last November of an initiative on the treatment of farm animals appears to have helped a state legislature bitterly divided over the budget find common ground. So far this year, bills have sailed from one chamber to the other that would ban docking the tails of milk cows, stop importing out-of-state eggs from hens kept in cramped cages, end large-scale puppy ...

Ag industry watches two proposed laws (The Bakersfield Californian)
Agribusiness is keeping a close eye on two bills that would expand on a new law designed to protect farm animals from inhumane treatment. The California Egg-Laying Hen Welfare Act (AB 1437) would ban the sale of eggs produced on farms where cages are too small for birds to spread their wings or freely turn around.

Senate OKs ban on removing cows' tails (Chico Enterprise-Record)
SACRAMENTO -- A bill to ban "docking" the tails of dairy cows was passed by the state Senate Tuesday on a 25-12 vote.