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.
- Dilarang: 4 places
- Dilarang dengan pengecualian: 6 places
Amerika Syarikat
Connecticut
Memotong otot atau urat ekor, atau sebarang pembedahan yang mengubah sikap ekor yang semula jadi. Doktor haiwan berdaftar boleh membedah apabila perlu demi kesihatan kuda atau untuk mewujudkan sikap ekor yang semula jadi.
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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
- May not be shown
Memotong otot atau urat ekor untuk menegakkan ekor: denda sehingga $250. Seksyen 79B melarang mempamerkan kuda sedemikian kecuali pemilik bersumpah bahawa 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
- May not be shown
Misdemeanor jika membedah ekor untuk mengubah sikapnya yang semula jadi. Mempamerkan kuda sedemikian ialah misdemeanor kecuali ada afidavit yang menyatakan pemotongan berlaku sebelum 1 Jun 1964 atau dilakukan di tempat yang ketika 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
Memotong tisu atau otot ekor, atau sebarang pembedahan yang mengubah sikap ekor yang semula jadi, pada kuda, keldai, baghal, kuda betina atau kuda kembiri, kecuali doktor haiwan berlesen memperakukan secara bertulis bahawa ia perlu demi kesihatan 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
Perlakuan buruk kecuali doktor haiwan telah memperakukan secara bertulis bahawa ia perlu untuk mengawal penyakit. Animal Welfare Act 2025 (SA), yang belum berkuat kuasa pada 2026-11-04, akan memansuhkan peraturan ini apabila ia bermula.
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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
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)). 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
Peraturan profesional, bukan statut: hanya mengikat pendaftar CVBC (doktor haiwan), bukan orang lain. Tail nicking dan blocking; hanya untuk merawat kecederaan 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
Dibenarkan apabila doktor haiwan membedah untuk merawat kecederaan atau penyakit atau atas sebab perubatan lain yang perlu atau bermanfaat kepada kesihatan haiwan (s.28(a)), dan bagi amalan pertanian selaras dengan kod NFACC atau kod lain yang ditetapkan (s.28(b)). Terpakai kepada sesiapa sahaja, bukan doktor haiwan sahaja.
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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
Dibenarkan apabila doktor haiwan membedah untuk merawat kecederaan atau atas sebab perubatan lain yang bermanfaat kepada kesihatan haiwan (s.6(3)). Amalan pertanian yang munasabah dan diterima umum berada di luar Akta (s.7). PEIVMA Bylaws s.25.2.7 milik doktor haiwan sendiri juga menyifatkan pembedahan kosmetik ini sebagai kelakuan 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
New Zealand
Whole country
Tiada sesiapa boleh memotong kulit atau ligamen ekor equid supaya ia membawa ekor terangkat, dan pemilik tidak boleh membenarkannya. Blistering, firing dan mechanical soring dilarang oleh peraturan yang sama. Denda sehingga NZ$5,000 (badan korporat 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.
The law on other procedures
- Pemotongan telinga
- Pemotongan ekor
- Pemotongan ekor (ternakan)
- Pembuangan kuku kelima
- Pembuangan putik tanduk
- Pembuangan tanduk
- Pembuangan kuku (onikektomi)
- Devokalisasi (pemotongan pita suara)
- Pemotongan paruh
- Pemotongan hujung sayap
- Pemotongan gigi
- Mulesing (pemotongan kulit punggung)
- Pemotongan balung
- Pembuangan taji
- Pemasangan cincin hidung
- Cap panas
- Cap beku