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Pemotongan paruh: 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 paruh is regulated across 13 places
  • Dilarang: 1 places
  • Dilarang dengan pengecualian: 2 places
  • Terhad: 10 places

Austria

Whole country

Dilarang dengan pengecualianAll species

Dinamakan dalam larangan s.7(1); pengecualian s.7(2) ditetapkan melalui peraturan di bawah s.24, yang tidak dibuka. Gelang getah dan bahan kaustik dilarang (s.7(4)).

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Named in the s.7(1) ban; s.7(2) exceptions are set by regulation under s.24, which was not opened. Rubber rings and caustics are banned (s.7(4)).

Tierschutzgesetz (TSchG), s.7(1)Checked 4 Nov 2026

Czechia

Whole country

TerhadAll species

Unggas pada hari pertama kehidupan; itik Muscovy sehingga 21 hari; kauterisasi paruh anak ayam pengeluaran telur di bawah 10 hari. Teks dibaca pada salinan Act 246/1992 Sb. milik penerbit undang-undang (dipinda kali terakhir 1 April 2025), bukan koleksi rasmi.

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Poultry in the first day of life; Muscovy ducks up to 21 days; cauterising beaks of egg-production chicks under 10 days. Text read on a legal publisher's copy of Act 246/1992 Sb. (last amended 1 April 2025), not the official collection.

Act 246/1992 Sb., s.7(3)(d) and (e)Checked 4 Nov 2026

Estonia

Whole country

TerhadAll species

Orang terlatih boleh memotong paruh anak ayam yang berumur kurang daripada 10 hari. Laman agensi tidak menyebut nombor seksyen; statut itu sendiri tidak dapat dibuka (Riigi Teataja memerlukan pelayar yang mengaktifkan skrip), jadi semak perkataan semasa.

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A trained person may clip the beaks of chicks younger than 10 days. The agency page cites no section numbers; the statute itself could not be opened (Riigi Teataja needs a script-enabled browser), so check the current wording.

Animal Protection Act (Loomakaitseseadus), as stated by the Agriculture and Food Board (PTA)Checked 4 Nov 2026

Finland

Whole country

DilarangAll species

Sentiasa dilarang bagi unggas dan burung lain.

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Always prohibited for poultry and other birds.

Animal Welfare Act 693/2023 and the Government Decree on procedures, as stated by the Finnish Food Authority (Ruokavirasto)In force since 1 Jan 2024Checked 4 Nov 2026

Ireland

Whole country

TerhadAll species

Untuk mencegah pematukan atau kanibalisme apabila kaedah lain gagal. Ayam bertelur dalam kumpulan 350+: di bawah 10 hari, inframerah automatik. Unggas daging dalam kumpulan 500+: di bawah 10 hari, atas nasihat dan penyeliaan doktor haiwan.

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To prevent pecking or cannibalism where other methods failed. Layers in flocks of 350+: under 10 days, automated infra-red. Meat poultry in flocks of 500+: under 10 days, on a vet's advice and supervision.

Animal Health and Welfare (Operations and Procedures) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 127/2014), Schedule, Part 7In force since 6 Mac 2014Checked 4 Nov 2026

Jerman

Whole country

TerhadAll species

Pihak berkuasa boleh membenarkan pemangkasan hujung paruh anak ayam bertelur di bawah 10 hari; s.6(3) juga meliputi unggas ternakan lain.

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The authority may permit trimming beak tips of laying-hen chicks under 10 days; s.6(3) also covers other farmed poultry.

Tierschutzgesetz, s.6(3)Checked 4 Nov 2026

Kanada

Whole country

TerhadAyam

National Farm Animal Care Council Code of Practice: kod industri, bukan statut. NFACC menyatakan keperluan Code tidak mengikat secara jelas di kebanyakan wilayah tetapi boleh menjadi keterangan tentang kesusahan. Dirujuk dalam undang-undang wilayah: diterima pakai di NL (NLR 36/12; NLR 35/12 s.15 menjadikan amalan yang dilarang oleh sesuatu kod sebagai amalan 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 amalan yang diterima umum), diterima di NS (Act s.28(b)). Pemangkasan di ladang sebelum umur 10 hari, oleh orang yang cekap; selepas itu hanya atas sebab kebajikan kecemasan dengan penyeliaan veterinar. Pembiak: lihat Hatching Eggs, Breeders, Chickens and Turkeys Code 2016.

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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)). On-farm trimming before 10 days of age, by competent persons; later only for emergency welfare reasons with veterinary oversight. Breeders: see the 2016 Hatching Eggs, Breeders, Chickens and Turkeys Code.

NFACC Code of Practice: Pullets and Laying Hens (2017, amended 2025) (industry code, not a statute)Checked 4 Nov 2026

New Zealand

Whole country

TerhadAyam

Ayam bertelur pada umur 3 hari atau kurang, dengan pancaran inframerah; ayam pembiak pada umur 6 hari atau kurang. Tidak lebih daripada 25% paruh, bahagian atas dan bawah dipangkas sama panjang. Ayam belanda pembiak juga tertakluk kepada r 56C.

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Layer hens at 3 days of age or under, by infrared beam; breeder chickens at 6 days or under. No more than 25% of the beak, upper and lower trimmed to the same length. Breeder turkeys fall under r 56C too.

Animal Welfare (Care and Procedures) Regulations 2018, rr 56B, 56CIn force since 9 Mei 2021Checked 4 Nov 2026

Slovenia

Whole country

Dilarang dengan pengecualianAll species

Dilarang bagi unggas kecuali dilakukan untuk mencegah kecederaan dan penyakit besar dalam kumpulan. Teks disatukan tahun 2013; pindaan kemudian hingga ZZZiv-G tahun 2025 tidak disemak.

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Prohibited for poultry unless done to prevent major injury and disease in the flock. Consolidated text of 2013; later amendments up to ZZZiv-G of 2025 were not checked.

Zakon o zaščiti živali (ZZZiv-UPB2, Uradni list 38/2013), art. 20Checked 4 Nov 2026

United Kingdom

England

TerhadAll species

Paling banyak satu pertiga paruh. Ayam bertelur di tapak 350+: hanya terhadap pematukan bulu atau kanibalisme, inframerah, di bawah 10 hari, oleh orang terlatih, kecuali kawalan wabak kecemasan. Ayam daging: di bawah 10 hari, orang terlatih, atas nasihat doktor haiwan.

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At most one third of the beak. Laying hens on sites of 350+: only against feather pecking or cannibalism, infra-red, under 10 days, by a trained person, except emergency outbreak control. Meat chickens: under 10 days, trained person, on a vet's advice.

SI 2007/1100, Sch. 1 and Sch. 4, as amended 23 December 2010In force since 6 Apr 2007Checked 4 Nov 2026

Northern Ireland

TerhadAll species

Sehingga satu pertiga. Ayam bertelur di tapak 350+: terhadap pematukan atau kanibalisme, inframerah, di bawah 10 hari, orang terlatih, kecuali kecemasan. Ayam daging: di bawah 10 hari, orang terlatih, selepas nasihat doktor haiwan.

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Up to one third. Laying hens on sites of 350+: against pecking or cannibalism, infra-red, under 10 days, trained person, except emergencies. Meat chickens: under 10 days, trained person, after a vet's advice.

Welfare of Animals (Permitted Procedures by Lay Persons) Regulations (NI) 2012 (S.R. 2012/153), Sch. 7In force since 2 Apr 2012Checked 4 Nov 2026

Scotland

TerhadAll species

Hanya terhadap pematukan bulu dan kanibalisme. Ayam bertelur di ladang 350+ dan ayam daging di ladang 500+: di bawah 10 hari; ayam bertelur dengan inframerah, kecuali kecemasan; ayam daging atas nasihat doktor haiwan, oleh kakitangan berkelayakan.

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Only against feather pecking and cannibalism. Laying hens on holdings of 350+ and meat chickens on holdings of 500+: under 10 days; layers by infra-red, except an emergency; meat chickens on a vet's advice, by qualified staff.

SSI 2010/387, Sch. 3In force since 5 Nov 2010Checked 4 Nov 2026

Wales

TerhadAll species

Alat yang sesuai, paling banyak satu pertiga, pendarahan dihentikan dengan kauterisasi; had tambahan bagi ayam bertelur di pertubuhan yang lebih besar. Teks dibaca seperti yang dibuat pada 2007; pindaan kemudian tidak disemak.

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Suitable instrument, at most one third, bleeding stopped by cauterising; extra limits for laying hens in larger establishments. Text read as made in 2007; later amendments not checked.

WSI 2007/1029, Sch. 4In force since 28 Mac 2007Checked 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.
Terhad
Allowed with conditions other than a vet: an age limit, a method, a licence.

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