19AMedical and surgical procedures—veterinary

19A Medical and surgical procedures—veterinary practitioners (1) A veterinary practitioner must not do any of the following for a purpose other than a therapeutic purpose: (a) dock a dog’s tail; (b) crop a dog’s ear; (c) remove a dog’s ear; (d) perform a clitoridectomy on a dog; (e) carry out any other procedure prescribed by regulation. (2) A veterinary practitioner must not remove a dog’s dewclaws more than 4 days after the day the dog was born for a purpose other than a prophylactic purpose or a therapeutic purpose. (3) A veterinary practitioner must not carry out a medical or surgical procedure on an animal for a cosmetic purpose only.