ミュールシング: the law by country
Where it is banned, allowed only under conditions or permitted. Each rule names its law and links to the source.
- 禁止: 3 places
- 制限付き: 5 places
オーストラリア
Whole country
それ自体は法ではなく、各州が決める。2026年4月時点：QLD、SA、TASでは強制。NSWとACTでは証拠としてのみ。NTは未採用。VICとWAは採用を予定。基準：24時間未満または12か月齢超は不可。6から12か月齢では鎮痛。熟練した実施者。病気または衰弱した羊には行わない。羊毛のある皮膚のみ。2026年5月のNSWの法案は鎮痛を求めるが、成立したかは確認できなかった。非外科的な方法は対象外。
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Not law by itself; each state decides. As of April 2026: mandatory in QLD, SA, TAS; evidence only in NSW and ACT; not adopted in NT; VIC and WA plan to. Standards: not under 24 hours or over 12 months old; pain relief at 6 to 12 months; skilled operator; no sick or weak sheep; only wool-bearing skin. A NSW Bill of May 2026 would require pain relief; we could not confirm it passed. Non-surgical methods are excluded.
Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Sheep (endorsed January 2016), S7.1 to S7.5Checked 2026/11/04
Queensland
国の標準化機関によれば強制の規範。規則そのものではなく国の本文を読んだ：24時間未満または12か月齢超は不可。6から12か月齢では鎮痛。熟練した実施者。羊毛のある皮膚のみ。
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Mandatory code per the national standards body. We read the national text, not the regulation: not under 24 hours or over 12 months old; pain relief at 6 to 12 months; skilled operator; only wool-bearing skin.
Animal Care and Protection Regulation 2012 (Qld), national Sheep Standards as a code of practiceIn force since 2021/07/01Checked 2026/11/04
South Australia
24時間未満または12か月齢超は不可。羊毛のある皮膚のみ。良好な体の状態。6か月齢を超えると鎮痛薬または麻酔薬が要る。Animal Welfare Act 2025 (SA)は2026-11-04時点で施行されておらず、施行されるとこれらの規則を廃止する。
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Not under 24 hours or over 12 months old; only wool-bearing skin; good body condition; over 6 months old needs an analgesic or anaesthetic. 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 79In force since 2017/04/15Checked 2026/11/04
Tasmania
14日齢から6か月齢の間に限る。すべての羊に鎮痛。羊毛のある皮膚のみ。熟練したまたは監督下の実施者。衰弱性の病気、衰弱、発育不良のある羊には行わない。国の基準より厳しい。
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Only between 14 days and 6 months old; pain relief for every sheep; only wool-bearing skin; skilled or supervised operator; no sheep showing debilitating disease, weakness or ill-thrift. Stricter than the national standard.
Animal Welfare (Sheep) Regulations 2023 (Tas), r 19In force since 2023/07/12Checked 2026/11/04
Victoria
羊には、Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authorityに羊用として登録された鎮痛製品を与えなければならない。
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The sheep must be given a pain-relief product registered for sheep by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority.
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Regulations 2019 (Vic), r 8In force since 2020/07/01Checked 2026/11/04
カナダ
Whole country
National Farm Animal Care Council Code of Practice：業界の規範であり、法律ではない。NFACCによれば、規範の要件はほとんどの州で明示的な拘束力はないが、苦痛の証拠になり得る。州法での扱い：NLは採用（NLR 36/12。NLR 35/12 s.15は、規範が禁じる行為を禁止行為とする）、SKは指定（Reg 1 s.3-4）、NB（Reg 2000-4 s.4(2), Sch A）とBC（B.C. Reg. 34/2019、一般に認められた慣行として）は抗弁として明記、NSは容認（Act s.28(b)）している。行ってはならない。規範は、カナダの羊の生産では一度も用いられたことがないとしている。
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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)). Must not be performed; the Code says it has never been used in Canadian sheep production.
NFACC Code of Practice: Sheep (2013), s.5.8 (industry code, not a statute)Checked 2026/11/04
Newfoundland and Labrador
採用された規範が禁じる行為は、その規範の遵守を求められる者すべてにとって禁止行為である。Sheep Codeはミュールシングを行ってはならないとしている。
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A practice prohibited in an adopted code is a prohibited practice for anyone required to comply with that code. The Sheep Code says mulesing must not be performed.
Animal Protection Regulations, NLR 35/12, s.15; NLR 36/12 (adopts NFACC Sheep Code, s.5.8)Checked 2026/11/04
ニュージーランド
Whole country
何人も、いかなる方法でも、羊の尻、尾の皮ひだ、尾の皮のしわを除去してはならない。罰金は最高NZ$5,000（法人はNZ$25,000）。
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Nobody may, by any method, remove the breech, tail skin folds or tail skin wrinkles of a sheep. Fine up to NZ$5,000 (body corporate NZ$25,000).
Animal Welfare (Care and Procedures) Regulations 2018, r 59In force since 2018/10/01Checked 2026/11/04
What each status means
- 禁止
- Prohibited outright.
- 制限付き
- Allowed with conditions other than a vet: an age limit, a method, a licence.