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Scottish Government delays e-collar decision

Scottish Government delays e-collar decision

Public consultations on the issue revealed convincing arguments from both sides of the debate


By Selena Masson, Shooting Times

Tuesday, 09 December 2008

The Scottish Government has announced that it is to wait for the results of research being carried out by DEFRA into the use of electric collars for dogs before it decides whether to impose a ban on their use

A spokesman for the Scottish Government’s Animal Health and Welfare department said that public consultations on the issue had revealed convincing arguments from both sides of the debate. He added that the decision on the ban was one that the Scottish Government was reluctant to make before reviewing the results of DEFRA’s in-depth study, expected to be completed in 2010.

The rest of this article appears in 11 December issue of Shooting Times.

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