{"id":2116,"date":"2014-08-03T22:30:12","date_gmt":"2014-08-03T22:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iwtf.ie\/?p=2116"},"modified":"2014-08-03T22:30:12","modified_gmt":"2014-08-03T22:30:12","slug":"working-terrier-welfare-protected-with-new-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iwtf.ie\/?p=2116","title":{"rendered":"Working terrier welfare protected with new law."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><div><em><strong>Committee Updates. (8th March 2014)<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>Working terrier welfare protected with new law.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<address><a href=\"http:\/\/iwtf.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Simon-Coveney-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1795\" src=\"http:\/\/iwtf.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Simon-Coveney-01.jpg\" alt=\"Simon Coveney 01\" width=\"181\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"http:\/\/iwtf.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Simon-Coveney-01.jpg 181w, http:\/\/iwtf.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Simon-Coveney-01-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1794 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/iwtf.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Dept-of-Agriculture-01.jpg\" alt=\"Dept of Agriculture 01\" width=\"226\" height=\"128\" \/>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1796 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/iwtf.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Simon-Coveney-02.jpg\" alt=\"Simon Coveney 02\" width=\"165\" height=\"32\" \/><\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><span>MINISTER COVENEY SIGNS COMMENCEMENT ORDER FOR ANIMAL HEALTH &amp; WELFARE ACT 2013<\/span><\/b><b><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Simon Coveney TD, Minister for Agriculture,\u00a0Food and the Marine announced today that he has signed the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2014 which brings into operation the core elements of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013. Making this announcement, Minister Coveney said\u00a0<i>\u201cThe Animal Health and Welfare Act is an important piece of legislation, bringing together and modernising many existing laws in the area of animal health and welfare and I am delighted to bring it into effect. Given that the Protection of Animals Act dates from 1911 and the Diseases of Animals Act dates from 1966, there is an obvious need to make our animal health and welfare law fit for purpose in the 21st Century. This was a major priority for me and I am very pleased that this Act is now in place\u2019\u2019.<\/i>\u00a0The\u00a0<i>Prohibition on Tail Docking and Dew Claws (Dogs) Regulations 2014\u00a0<\/i>will regulate the limited circumstances under which a dog may have its tail docked or dew claws removed. Under the Act, tail docking of dogs for cosmetic purposes is being banned outright, a move that will cover most dogs in the country. A move which the Federation support,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Tail docking and dew claw removal will be permitted<\/span>\u00a0in very limited cases, basically\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">for<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">specific hunting breeds (pointer\/retrievers, spaniels and terriers)<\/span>\u00a0where there is evidence that the individual dog will be used for that specific purpose. Where tail docking and dew claw removal is to be allowed it will only be permissible for a veterinarian or veterinary nurse to do so.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Further research is ongoing in this area and the Minister will take account of scientific recommendations going forward.<\/span>\u00a0Our dealings with the Department of Agriculture have given us an insight in the working of this body. The professionalism and balanced approach that the Minister and his officials extended to the federation was generous and appreciated. We believe that a mutually beneficial exchange of views regarding working terriers has produced a law which is practical and realistic. A similar law exists in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Committee Updates. (8th March 2014) Working terrier welfare protected with new law. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 MINISTER COVENEY SIGNS COMMENCEMENT ORDER FOR ANIMAL HEALTH &amp; WELFARE ACT 2013\u00a0 Simon Coveney TD, Minister for Agriculture,\u00a0Food and the Marine announced today that he &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/iwtf.ie\/?p=2116\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/iwtf.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/iwtf.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/iwtf.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iwtf.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iwtf.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/iwtf.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2117,"href":"http:\/\/iwtf.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116\/revisions\/2117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/iwtf.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iwtf.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iwtf.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}