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Animal Welfare Bill

Proceeding contribution from Emily Thornberry (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 10 January 2006. It occurred during Debate on bills on Animal Welfare Bill.
A number of my constituents have expressed to me the view that to take away a dog’s tail is to mutilate that animal, as that is like taking away its smile. That view was impressed on me particularly by the owner of a Great Dane-mastiff cross, which I was summoned to see. Many people feel strongly about the matter and I urge my right hon. Friend to consider it again.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
441 c165 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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