Advocacy & Government Booklets

OVMA 420 Bronte Street South, Suite 205, Milton, Ontario L9T 0H9 T. 905.875.0756 or 1.800.670.1702 (toll-free) F. 905.875.0958 or 1.877.482.5941 (toll-free) info@ovma.org www.ovma.org 1 Table of Contents Animal Abuse 3 Care of Handling of Farm Animals 4 Complementary and Alternative Medicine 5 Cosmetic Surgery 6 Debarking of Dogs 7 Electro-Immobilization 8 Euthanasia 9 Keeping Other Animals as Pets 10 Microchipping 11 Non-Domesticated Wild Caught Animals as Pets 12 Off-Leash Dog Parks 13 Partial Digital Amputation (Onychectomy or Declawing) of the Domestic Field Cat 14 Pet Overpopulation 18 Pet Spay and Neuter 24 Pin Firing in Horses 25 Rabies Clinics 26

• Position Statements
• Table of Contents
• Animal Abuse
• Care of Handling of Farm Animals
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• Cosmetic Surgery
• Debarking of Dogs
• Electro-Immobilization
• Euthanasia
• Keeping Other Animals as Pets
• Microchipping
• Non-Domesticated Wild Caught Animals as Pets
• Off-Leash Dog Parks
• Partial Digital Amputation (Onychectomy or Declawing) of the Domestic Field Cat
• Pet Overpopulation
• Pet Spay and Neuter
• Pin Firing in Horses
• Rabies Clinics
• Raw Meat Based Diets for Pets
• Recumbent Farm Animals
• Routine Surgical Procedures
• Standard Operating Procedure of Game Birds at Field Trial Events
• Trapping of Fur-Bearing Animals
• Use of Animals in Entertainment and Recreation
• Use of Animals in Research, Teaching and Testing
• Use of Coupons to Promote Pharmaceutical Products
• Use of Lead Shot for Hunting Waterfowl
• Use of Pound Animals in Medical Research
• Use of Strychnine as a Pesticide
• Vaccination
• Velveting of Deer
• Vicious Dogs