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Bill 53, Teddy's Law (Anti-Declawing), 2021

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 has determined that the procedure

would not constitute a medically unnecessary veterinary surgery.

Bill 53 2021

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:

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 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 ”)

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

(d.1)

section

17.1 (Partial digital amputation of cats);

Commencement

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

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is Teddy’s Law

(Anti-Declawing), 2021 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

November 18, 2021

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

November 18, 2021

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 53

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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