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Bill 240, Teddy's Law (Anti-Declawing), 2020

Stiles, Marit

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill amends the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019 to add

section 17.1.

Section 17.1 prohibits the partial digital amputation of a cat unless a veterinarian, or a person working under the supervision of a veterinarian, has determined that the procedure would not constitute a medically unnecessary veterinary surgery.

Bill 240 2020

An Act to amend the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019 to prohibit non-essential cat declawing

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1 The Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019 is amended by adding the following section:

Partial digital amputation of cats

17.1

(1) No person shall permit, cause, encourage, promote, arrange, conduct, assist in, receive a financial or material benefit for or take

part in the partial digital amputation of a cat unless a veterinarian providing veterinary care in accordance with the standards of practice established under the Veterinarians Act , or a person acting under the supervision of such a veterinarian, has determined that the partial digital amputation would not constitute a medically unnecessary veterinary surgery.

Definitions

(2) In this section,

“medically unnecessary veterinary surgery” means a veterinary surgery that is not required or is not in the animal’s overall best interest; (“ acte chirurgical vétérinaire inutile sur le plan médical ”)

“partial digital amputation” means the surgical removal of the third phalanx of each digit on a cat’s front paws or front and rear paws. (“ amputation partielle des doigts ”)

2 Subsection 49 (2) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(d.1)

section 17.1 (Partial digital amputation of cats);

Commencement

3 This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

4 The

short title of this Act is Teddy’s Law (Anti-Declawing), 2020 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

December 8, 2020

First Reading

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Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

December 8, 2020

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Acts affected - Bill 240

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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