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Pemotongan otot ekor (tail setting): the law by country

Where it is banned, allowed only under conditions or permitted. Each rule names its law and links to the source.

How Pemotongan otot ekor (tail setting) is regulated across 10 places
  • Dilarang: 4 places
  • Dilarang dengan pengecualian: 6 places

Amerika Serikat

Connecticut

Dilarang dengan pengecualianAll species

Memotong otot atau tendon ekor, atau operasi apa pun yang mengubah sikap alami ekor. Dokter hewan terdaftar boleh mengoperasi bila perlu demi kesehatan kuda atau untuk mewujudkan sikap ekor yang alami.

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Cutting tail muscles or tendons, or any operation altering natural carriage. A registered veterinarian may operate when necessary for the horse's health or to effect the natural carriage of its tail.

Conn. Gen. Stat. s.53-251Checked 4 Nov 2026

Massachusetts

DilarangAll species
  • May not be shown

Memotong otot atau tendon ekor untuk menegakkan ekor: denda hingga $250. Pasal 79B melarang memamerkan kuda seperti itu kecuali pemilik bersumpah bahwa pemotongan dilakukan di tempat yang sah.

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Cutting tail muscles or tendons to set the tail up: fine up to $250. Section 79B bars showing such a horse unless the owner swears it was cut where that was legal.

Mass. G.L. c.272 ss.79A, 79BChecked 4 Nov 2026

New York

DilarangAll species
  • May not be shown

Misdemeanor jika mengoperasi ekor untuk mengubah sikap alaminya. Memamerkan kuda seperti itu adalah misdemeanor kecuali ada affidavit yang menyatakan pemotongan terjadi sebelum 1 Juni 1964 atau dilakukan di tempat yang saat itu tidak melarangnya.

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Misdemeanor to operate on the tail to alter its natural carriage. Showing such a horse is a misdemeanor unless an affidavit says the cutting predates June 1, 1964 or was done where it was not then prohibited.

N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law s.368Checked 4 Nov 2026

South Carolina

Dilarang dengan pengecualianAll species

Memotong jaringan atau otot ekor, atau operasi apa pun yang mengubah sikap alami ekor, pada kuda, keledai, bagal, kuda betina atau kuda kebiri, kecuali dokter hewan berlisensi menyatakan secara tertulis bahwa itu perlu demi kesehatan atau nyawa. Misdemeanor.

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Cutting tail tissue or muscle, or any operation altering natural carriage, on a horse, ass, mule, mare or gelding, unless a licensed veterinarian certifies in writing it is necessary for health or life. Misdemeanor.

S.C. Code s.47-1-60Checked 4 Nov 2026

Australia

South Australia

Dilarang dengan pengecualianAll species

Perlakuan buruk kecuali dokter hewan telah menyatakan secara tertulis bahwa itu perlu untuk pengendalian penyakit. Animal Welfare Act 2025 (SA), yang belum berlaku pada 2026-11-04, akan mencabut peraturan ini ketika mulai berlaku.

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Ill treatment unless a veterinary surgeon has certified in writing that it is necessary for the control of disease. The Animal Welfare Act 2025 (SA), not in operation on 2026-11-04, will repeal these regulations when it starts.

Animal Welfare Regulations 2012 (SA), r 6(1)(a)(iv)Checked 4 Nov 2026

Kanada

Whole country

DilarangAll species

National Farm Animal Care Council Code of Practice: kode industri, bukan undang-undang. NFACC menyatakan persyaratan Code tidak secara tegas mengikat di sebagian besar provinsi tetapi dapat menjadi bukti penderitaan. Dirujuk dalam hukum provinsi: diadopsi di NL (NLR 36/12; NLR 35/12 s.15 menjadikan praktik yang dilarang oleh suatu kode sebagai praktik terlarang), ditetapkan di SK (Reg 1 s.3-4), disebut sebagai pembelaan di NB (Reg 2000-4 s.4(2), Sch A) dan BC (B.C. Reg. 34/2019, sebagai praktik yang diterima secara umum), diterima di NS (Act s.28(b)). Tail nicking dan blocking tidak boleh dilakukan.

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National Farm Animal Care Council Code of Practice: an industry code, not a statute. NFACC says Code requirements are not explicitly binding in most provinces but can be evidence of distress. Referred to in provincial law: adopted in NL (NLR 36/12; NLR 35/12 s.15 makes a practice a code prohibits a prohibited one), prescribed in SK (Reg 1 s.3-4), named as a defence in NB (Reg 2000-4 s.4(2), Sch A) and BC (B.C. Reg. 34/2019, as generally accepted practice), accepted in NS (Act s.28(b)). Tail nicking and blocking must not be performed.

NFACC Code of Practice: Equines (2013), s.6.6 (industry code, not a statute)Checked 4 Nov 2026

British Columbia

Dilarang dengan pengecualianAll species

Aturan profesi, bukan undang-undang: hanya mengikat terdaftar CVBC (dokter hewan), bukan orang lain. Tail nicking dan blocking; hanya untuk mengobati cedera atau penyakit.

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Professional rule, not a statute: binds CVBC registrants (veterinarians) only, not other people. Tail nicking and blocking; only to treat an injury or disease.

College of Veterinarians of BC Bylaws, Part 4, s.231(3) (professional rule; s.231 revised 2023-11-13)Checked 4 Nov 2026

Nova Scotia

Dilarang dengan pengecualianAll species

Diizinkan bila dokter hewan mengoperasi untuk mengobati cedera atau penyakit atau karena alasan medis lain yang perlu atau bermanfaat bagi kesehatan hewan (s.28(a)), dan untuk praktik pertanian sesuai dengan kode NFACC atau kode lain yang ditetapkan (s.28(b)). Berlaku bagi setiap orang, bukan hanya dokter hewan.

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Allowed when a veterinarian operates to treat an injury or disease or for other medical reasons necessary or beneficial to the animal's health (s.28(a)), and for agricultural practices in line with the NFACC codes or other prescribed codes (s.28(b)). Applies to any person, not only veterinarians.

Animal Protection Act, S.N.S. 2018, c. 21, ss.27-28Checked 4 Nov 2026

Prince Edward Island

Dilarang dengan pengecualianAll species

Diizinkan bila dokter hewan mengoperasi untuk mengobati cedera atau karena alasan medis lain yang bermanfaat bagi kesehatan hewan (s.6(3)). Praktik pertanian yang wajar dan umum diterima berada di luar Undang-Undang (s.7). Peraturan internal dokter hewan, PEIVMA Bylaws s.25.2.7, juga menyebut bedah kosmetik ini sebagai perilaku tidak profesional.

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Allowed when a veterinarian operates to treat an injury or for other medical reasons beneficial to the animal's health (s.6(3)). Reasonable and generally accepted agricultural practices are outside the Act (s.7). The vets' own PEIVMA Bylaws s.25.2.7 also call this cosmetic surgery unprofessional conduct.

Animal Welfare Act, R.S.P.E.I. 1988, c. A-11.2, s.6Checked 4 Nov 2026

Selandia Baru

Whole country

DilarangAll species

Tidak seorang pun boleh memotong kulit atau ligamen ekor equid agar ekor dibawa terangkat, dan pemilik tidak boleh mengizinkannya. Blistering, firing dan mechanical soring dilarang oleh aturan yang sama. Denda hingga NZ$5,000 (badan hukum NZ$25,000).

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Nobody may cut the skin or ligaments of an equid's tail to make it carry the tail raised, and owners must not allow it. Blistering, firing and mechanical soring are banned by the same rule. Fine up to NZ$5,000 (body corporate NZ$25,000).

Animal Welfare (Care and Procedures) Regulations 2018, r 58IIn force since 9 Mei 2021Checked 4 Nov 2026

What each status means

Dilarang
Prohibited outright.
Dilarang dengan pengecualian
Prohibited except under named exemptions, such as certified working dogs or a vet's medical decision.

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