A ban on four cosmetic surgeries for pets came into effect in Quebec today, putting an end to vocal cord removal, ear cropping, tail trimming and cat declawing for aesthetic purposes.

Veterinarians say the non-essential procedures unduly expose animals to risks associated with anesthesia and can lead to behavioural issues.

The Quebec regulation still allows veterinarians to recommend the surgeries for medical therapeutic purposes, and it makes an exception for the ear cropping of stray cats in authorized capture, sterilize and release programs.

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Among its other provisions are a ban on euthanasia by inhalation, a ban on leashing an animal without a collar, a ban on mating animals whose sizes are incompatible and a ban on feeding meat to pet pigs.

  • FoxyFerengiEnglish
    15·
    5 months ago

    A lot of vets and boarding facilities loop a leash around the neck, so it can choke the animal if they pull too hard.

    • Tinks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      5 months ago

      Yes but on the other hand, some dogs can and do regularly slip out of collars. My golden has always been very anxious and has slipped his collar a number of times because he gets scared and backs up unexpectedly and suddenly he’s collarless. I use a slip lead now because he cannot back out of it. Animals are not dying because of vets using slip leads, this seems like a ridiculous reason for a regulation like this. Animals can choke themselves on a normal collar just as easily.

      • ExocrinousEnglish
        1·
        5 months ago

        My family dog used to pull on the collar so much, my folks used a choke chain because it was the only way to stop her knocking them over. It didn’t stop her much either, she’d still pull way too much. She just loved the outdoors. There was no amount of training that fixed it, she wanted to run and she tried her damnedest to run no matter what.

        So one time I put her in a regular collar, strapped on my rollerskates, and went for an extra fast “walk”. She loved it. Every time she would pull me along for the first hundred meters or so, until she got satisfied enough to run alongside me. It made her happy like nothing else. I was even able to train her left and right so I could tell her which direction we were going. When she got old she couldn’t run anymore, but I still skated, and it broke her heart if she heard me going out because she wanted to come with. She’d cry at the top of her lungs for a while.