So all this means is that the vets in NY state just lost a lot of business, right? What's to prevent the breeders from driving a few miles and having it done across state lines? >From: RihadinK9@xxxxxxx >Reply-To: RihadinK9@xxxxxxx >To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Fw: Crop/dock ban in NY >Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 08:58:08 EDT > >PLEASE NOTE NUMBER 2......................... >PLEASE CROSSPOST > >This will take effect on August 1, 2006. >Basically, breeders in NY can not crop/dock their litters anymore. > > S 365-A >1 OPERATING UPON TAILS OF DOGS; UNLAWFUL. >ANY PERSON WHO CUTS THE BONE, TISSUES, MUSCLES OR TENDONS OF THE TAIL OF >ANY DOG >OR OTHERWISE OPERATES UPON IT IN ANY MANNER FOR THE PURPOSE OR WITH >THE EFFECT OF DOCKING, SETTING OR OTHERWISE ALTERING THE NATURAL CARRIAGE >OF THE TAIL, OR WHO KNOWINGLY PERMITS THE SAME TO BE DONE UPON PREMISES >OF WHICH HE OR SHE IS THE OWNER, LESSEE, PROPRIETOR OR USER, OR WHO >ASSISTS IN OR IS VOLUNTARILY PRESENT AT SUCH CUTTING, IS GUILTY OF A >MISDEMEANOR, PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN ONE YEAR, OR BY A >FINE OF NOT MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR BY BOTH. > >2. ANY PERSON WHO SHOWS OR EXHIBITS AT ANY DOG SHOW OR OTHER >LIKE EXHIBITION IN THIS STATE A DOG, THE TAIL OF WHICH HAS BEEN CUT OR >OPERATED UPON IN THE MANNER REFERRED TO IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS >SECTION, IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR, PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT >MORE >THAN ONE YEAR, OR BY A FINE OR NOT MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, OR >BY BOTH. > >3. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY DOG OR >PERSON WHO IS THE OWNER OR POSSESSOR OF ANY DOG WHOSE TAIL HAS BEEN >CERTIFIED AS HAVING BEEN DOCKED, SET OR OTHERWISE ALTERED PRIOR TO >SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SIX OR THAT IT WAS SO CUT IN A STATE >WHEREIN >SUCH CUTTING IS NOT SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED BY THE LAWS THEREOF. > >4. ANY DOG OWNER WHO IS INJURED OR DAMAGED BY A VIOLATION OF >THIS SECTION, OR ANY ANIMAL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION OPERATING IN THE STATE OF >NEW YORK, MAY INSTITUTE AND MAINTAIN IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THIS >STATE, A PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION, INCLUDING A PROCEEDING FOR DECLARATORY >JUDGEMENT, PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE THOUSAND ONE OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE >LAW AND RULES, TO OBTAIN REDRESS FOR SUCH INJURY OR VIOLATION. > >This act shall take effect August 1, 2006; provided, however, if this act >shall become a law after such date it shall take effect >immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on >and after August 1, 2006. > > > >The full bill: > >http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A11242&sh=t > >========================================= > >Ginger Cleary >He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from >opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that >will >reach himself. ~Thomas Paine >Rome, GA http://www.rihadin.com/ > > >============================================================================ >POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the >original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS >of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author >AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. > >ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY >MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS >PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY >FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE >PROSECUTED. > >For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx > >VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues >============================================================================ _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================