NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 66/25

Animal Protection Regulations (Amendment)
under the
Animal Health and Protection Act
(O.C. 2025-219)

(Filed August 7, 2025)

Under the authority of sections 29 and 66 of the Animal Health and Protection Act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following regulations.

Dated at St. John’s, August 6, 2025.

Denis Mahoney, K.C.
Clerk of the Executive Council

REGULATIONS

Analysis

        1.   S.10 R&S
Accepted activity - declawing of cat

        2.   Commencement

NLR 35/12

        1. Section 10 of the Animal Protection Regulations is repealed and the following substituted:

Accepted activity - declawing of cat

      10. An accepted activity in which a cat may be declawed or permitted to be declawed is the surgical removal of the cat's claws by a veterinarian as a result of an injury to the cat or other medical necessity as determined by a veterinarian.

Commencement

        2. These regulations come into force on the day the Animal Health and Protection (Amendment) Act, SNL2024 c18, comes into force.

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