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Post by trinitydobes on Mar 2, 2012 17:27:49 GMT -5
A Second province falls; Manitoba bans ear cropping
Manitoba bans cosmetic ear cropping; other provinces may follow suit
Feb 29, 2012
DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
Winnipeg, Canada Manitoba veterinarians who perform cosmetic ear cropping on dogs could lose their licenses, according to new mandates by the province's regulatory board.
The new rules also call for fines up to $30,000 if cosmetic ear cropping is done by a non-veterinarian. The new mandates were handed down by the Manitoba Veterinary Medical Association--a group that also acts as the provincial veterinary board.
MVMA contends that ear cropping is unnecessary for dogs and causes pain and distress without medical benefits. The new rules would not apply for ear cropping performed in cases of injury or for medial purposes, MVMA adds.
Simone Gillies, communications and regulatory associate for MVMA, says veterinarians who defy the ban would go through a disciplinary process before a peer-review committee with MVMA. Penalties leveraged could range from a letter of reprimand to revoking a practitioners license.
But despite the mandate, Gillies says ear cropping has fallen out of favor for most veterinarians in the province.
It'ss a moot point, anyway, she says.
But breed groups have been ruffled by the ban, which would result in fines for laypersons performing ear cropping”or any other veterinary surgical procedure. Fines range from $5,000 for a first offense and $30,000 for a second offense. Non-veterinarian violators also could be charged under the Animal Care Act, according to MVMA.
Manitoba is not the first Canadian veterinary medical association to institute an ear-cropping ban. Gillies says most provinces on the east coast of the country banned the practice in the 1970s. Now, veterinary regulators in Alberta and British Columbia are considering instituting similar bans.
State ear-cropping bans in the United States have been met with opposition”including a failed Illinois proposal in 2009 that would have classified cosmetic ear cropping as œanimal torture. The American Veterinary Medical Association denounced cosmetic ear cropping in 2008, and Banfield Pet Hospital discontinued both ear cropping and tail docking for cosmetic purposes in 2009.
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Post by cathynu on Mar 2, 2012 18:41:13 GMT -5
Dislike!! If ear cropping/tail docking is going to be banned, then legalized banns should be placed on corrections such as orthodontics and pinnaplasty on kids who cannot give their consent and what about circumcision and body piercings??? - this is the age old excuse the Anti-cruelty crowd wave in front of everyone - a government for the people, of the people, by the people would NEVER allow a law like that to be passed!!
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Post by trinitydobes on Mar 3, 2012 0:02:00 GMT -5
I totally agree - and have always asked "What about Circumcision and piercing little baby girl ears? My biggest argument is, IF we are only to perform NECESSARY surgeries - to save our pets the pain and agony and healing process post surgery - then they might as well as ban all Spay's and Neuters too - totally unessary surgeries IMHO and we now have the research studies to back up that its healther and increases life span and lowers agression in dogs if they are NOT S/N -
You are right Cathy - this is the Animal Rights people who have been given and inch and taken a mile
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Post by Damasyn on Mar 3, 2012 0:36:58 GMT -5
  Unhappy to say the least. I feel a noose tightening around my right to choose !!!! Couldnt agree more Cathy an Gail. ugghhh
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Post by von Cosack on Mar 4, 2012 20:16:38 GMT -5
Last I looked manitoba is in Canada, right? So I don't care what another country does its on the people from there and they didn't care so why should I? Bring it to Florida and its ON!!! Von
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Post by trinitydobes on Mar 5, 2012 9:32:27 GMT -5
The reason why you should care is that it sets a precident! and each new country or province will use the fact that Cropping and docking has now been embraced and made law in most of the free world - THATS WHY!
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Post by von Cosack on Mar 5, 2012 11:49:36 GMT -5
The FACTS are it PAST! So thats what the people of manitoba want. I don't care what they want because their choices don"t effect me, if they want poison in their water I say bye bye!!
If the people of North Port and of Florida begin to ask WHY, I'll listen, then decide. The crop n dock itself isn't a big deal to me except for the fact I want the choice. If the people who say they'd LEAVE the breed if their dogs couldn't be cropped n docked I'd vote NOW to BAN IT!!! Theres enough weak people owning this breed the cosmetic idiots can get on down the road!!
Von.
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Post by Damasyn on Mar 5, 2012 16:03:40 GMT -5
While in a way I say, ya, its canada, whatever. BUT it means everyone seems to be playing follow the leader. It worries me because I fear that the US will be next saying..well, everyone else is doing it, we might as well. Is it enough to make me say, I would leave, no, but damn it ! there is nothing wrong with it when done by a experienced vet and no more painful that elective surgeries done on some people/kids.
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Post by breesmom on Mar 6, 2012 8:20:58 GMT -5
This really saddens me to think that more than likely this ban and my right to choose will spread across my country to my province  I also fear that if this way of thinking has spread to Canada from Europe that the US will be next Would I choose a different breed because of it....NO.....but I would really miss not having that very alert look with those ears standing tall. Although Dellon has shown me that natural ears can show different expressions and they for sure are still a beautiful animal  |
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Post by Damasyn on Mar 6, 2012 11:50:30 GMT -5
With. Dede's last litter we saw a naturally bobbed tail. I wonder how often that happens and of some breeders will now start to focus on that.
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Post by trinitydobes on Mar 6, 2012 12:13:09 GMT -5
Kim sinces it a mutation - I think relying on it could be a bit tricky- but I can see where it would be a "plus" for a breeder to have this in their lines.
Am I going to leave the breed if C/D is banned here in the US - no but I will resent the loss of that choice til my dieing breath.
I have said it honestly before, I am a very vain person about my dogs - I had a natural eard dane and I had GSPs with folded natural ears as my past dogs. A big part of what drew me to this breed was the C/D image. Today If I did not have that image as an influence I am not sure what breed amongst the protection guarding breeds I would choose.
I hope I won't live to see this loss of choice come to america
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I also fear that if this way of thinking has spread to Canada from Europe that the US will be next 
