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  Animal Welfare Bill - New Clause "8" - Docking of dogs' tails - Working dogs
  
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  <p>Those voting No rejected a change to the <a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debate/?id=2006-03-14b.1330.3">new clause</a> that had just been added into the <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldbills/088/2006088.htm"> Animal Welfare Bill</a> by <a href="http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2006-03-14&number=187&showall=yes"> Division 187</a>.</p>  
  
  <p>The change would have removed the exception to the ban on the docking of dogs' for working dogs by deleting the subsections (3) to (6) which defined what a working dog was.  Had this change been accepted (by there being more Aye voters than No voters), the removal of a dog's tail would only be lawful for the purposes of medical treatment.</p>
  
  <p>The amendment was supported by a wide coalition of animal welfare groups, including the RSPCA, but was opposed by shooting interests such as the Countryside Alliance and the British Association for Shooting and Conservation.</p>
  
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