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Scotland considers banning e-collars

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http://www.scotland.gov.uk/publications/2007/09/04164628/2

A Consultation Document issued by the Rural Directorate of the Scottish
Executive

September 2007

INTRODUCTION

1. During the Parliamentary scrutiny of what is now the Animal Health
and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 an undertaking was given, following a
debate on whether to include a provision banning the use of electric
collars in the Bill, to consult on the use of electronic training
devices. This consultation is issued in fulfilment of that undertaking....

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4. Doubts have been expressed to the Scottish Executive about whether it
is appropriate to use these devices routinely for obedience training and
the Kennel Club and the Scottish SPCA are concerned about the potential
for misuse of these devices if they continue to be freely available to
the general public. Neither the British Veterinary Association nor the
British Small Animal Veterinary Association support the use of such
devices. The Executive is also aware that following a review of police
dog training methods in 2000 the police removed electric collars from
the list of approved equipment. It is understood that the British army
does not and has never used electric collars to train dogs....

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#5 ·
on a related note, I got my USA (schutzhund) magazine in the mail the other day, and one of the topics of discussion was the banning of "aggressive training devices" at trials and training during the national. This included ecollars and pinch collars. Thankfully, the powers that be saw the light and decided this was a bad idea, due to the language (you can't have these on a dog during a trial anyway). There was a lot of protest that it was simply giving the AR folks more ammunition.
 
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