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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Enter Anti SPAM Code: Click here to refresh this page Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message Icon:                             Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by haverlands[/i] [br][:(] For those of you who don't know about the bill currently making it's way through Parliament. For a number of years now in this country it has been quite lawful to dock breeds of dog if the proceedure is undertaken by a Veterinary Surgeon. Some have declined to participate but others have given their services and continued to dock. The Animal Welfare Bill includes proposed legislation to cease the proceedure of docking dogs. The bill went before the House of Commons on 14th March 2006 when MP's voted for a ban on the docking of dogs leaving only exceptions for certain working dogs. The bill will now progress through to the House Of Lords, possibly by 18th April and how they vote will decide the outcome of docked breeds in this country. Obviously if there is a total outright ban then the appearance of all the docked breeds including OES will be changed forever The Bill is also believed to be legislating for compulsory vaccination of all domestic animals, which I personally find annoying as we have nothing in place for humans and how the hell do they think they are going to police such a decision? Quality Horses with Exceptional Colur! and Mad About Bobtails! [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.