Tail-less Corgis retained

[Michael Romanos]

Great news today in New Zealand, the Government has decided that they have not got enough support to ban the docking of tails of those breeds of dogs that have their tails docked. This of course means that Pemborke Corgis in NZ will continue to have their tails docked - banded in the third day of their lives is by far the best and painless method. It goes against the trend of countries with close association with NZ eg Britain and Australia. The NZ Kennel Club through Lesley Chalmers (who is a leading Pembroke Corgi breeder etc) and various dog clubs put up a very strong pro-docking campaign. If anyone in the USA wants to get hold of Chalmers and her group's blueprint for opposing the docking ban proposal, contact me.

[glencorgi]

Lesley posted the news to Show Pem earlier today. Good job to all involved.

Debbie

[djmallender@yahoo.co.uk]

Hello All
So NZ is going to be isolated then. Dogs will not be allowed to be shown in the largest dog show in the world Crufts, cannot be sold to European countries to be shown. Cannot be shown in Austrailia nearest country. How is that a success. What is clear that animal welfare issues (they come as a package) are improving in certain countries. In these countries people have assurance over standards of care generally. There are now lots of regulations over every aspect of an animals life. This means I for one will be choosing animals from countries with the highest standards of care not the lowest. That of course includes animals produced for food as well. I want assurances that the lamb I buy has once caught up has been treated humanely. Uk people will want to know why other countries sending products to here get away with lower standards of animal welfare. I say again animal welfare comes as a package across a whole range of issues not just tail docking, which is unnecessary for a corgi. If the home of the Corgi bans docking supported by many many other countries others will follow suit or perish. To all those people in NZ who want dialogue with others and sales lobby your parliament about animal welfare issues.

[Clogs]

dg, while I admire your passion for animals, I wonder at the practicality of making rules to change such things as docking etc. Legislation per se, has never been a factor in assuring animals a happy, pain free life. You can have legislation coming out the wazoo and if people are so inclined, their animals or those under their care will still suffer. The thing that is needed is education!

[Michael Romanos]

Many dogs suffer terribly every day from physical and mental cruelty - I have a neighbour, two doors down, who has taken his two dogs for some kind of walk three times in nearly two years. A three day old puppy with a banded tail that just withers away with little or no discomfort, is a grain of sand in a 100 mile beach by comparison.