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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-mutilations-permitted-procedures-england-regulations-2007/schedule-1",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2007/9780110757797",
  "legislation_title": "The Mutilations (Permitted Procedures) (England) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-mutilations-permitted-procedures-england-regulations-2007",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "PERMITTED PROCEDURES",
  "text": "Cattle\nIdentification Procedures:\nEar clipping.\nEar notching.\nEar tagging.\nFreeze branding.\nMicro-chipping.\nTattooing.\nOther methods of identification involving a mutilation required by law.\nProcedures for the Control of Reproduction:\nCastration.\nEmbryo collection or transfer by a surgical method.\nImplantation of a subcutaneous contraceptive.\nOvum transplantation, including ovum collection, by a surgical method.\nVasectomy.\nOther Management Procedures:\nDehorning.\nDisbudding.\nNose ringing.\nRemoval of supernumerary teats.\nPigs\nIdentification Procedures:\nEar clipping.\nEar notching.\nEar tagging.\nMicro-chipping.\nTattooing.\nOther methods of identification involving a mutilation required by law.\nProcedures for the Control of Reproduction:\nCastration.\nImplantation of a subcutaneous contraceptive.\nVasectomy.\nOther Management Procedures:\nNose ringing.\nTail docking.\nTooth reduction.\nTusk trimming.\nBirds\nIdentification Procedures:\nMicro-chipping.\nOther methods of identification involving a mutilation required by law.\nProcedures for the Control of Reproduction:\nCastration.\nImplantation of a subcutaneous contraceptive.\nOvidectomy.\nVasectomy.\nOther Management Procedures:\nBeak trimming of poultry.\nDesnooding.\nDe-toeing of domestic fowl and turkeys.\nDubbing.\nLaparoscopy.\nWing pinioning.\nSheep\nIdentification Procedures:\nEar clipping.\nEar notching.\nEar tagging.\nMicro-chipping.\nTattooing.\nOther methods of identification involving a mutilation required by law.\nProcedures for the Control of Reproduction:\nCastration.\nImplantation of a subcutaneous contraceptive.\nVasectomy.\nOther Management Procedures:\nDehorning.\nDisbudding.\nRemoval of the insensitive tip of the horn.\nTail docking.\nGoats\nIdentification Procedures:\nEar clipping.\nEar notching.\nEar tagging.\nMicro-chipping.\nTattooing.\nOther methods of identification involving a mutilation required by law.\nProcedures for the Control of Reproduction:\nCastration.\nImplantation of a subcutaneous contraceptive.\nVasectomy.\nOther Management Procedures:\nDehorning.\nDisbudding.\nRemoval of the insensitive tip of the horn.\nHorses\nIdentification Procedures:\nFreeze branding.\nHot branding.\nMicro-chipping.\nTattooing.\nOther methods of identification involving a mutilation required by law.\nProcedures for the Control of Reproduction:\nCastration.\nVasectomy.\nDeer\nIdentification Procedures:\nEar clipping.\nEar notching.\nEar tagging.\nMicro-chipping.\nTattooing.\nOther methods of identification involving a mutilation required by law.\nProcedures for the Control of Reproduction:\nCastration.\nImplantation of a subcutaneous contraceptive.\nVasectomy.\nOther Management Procedures:\nRemoval of antlers that are not in velvet.\nOther species\nIdentification Procedures:\nEar clipping.\nEar notching.\nEar tipping of feral cats.\nInsertion of subcutaneous tracking devices.\nTagging.\nChemical branding of fish.\nFreeze branding of fish.\nMicro-chipping.\nRemoval or perforation of parts of fishes’ fins, adipose fins or fin rays.\nTattooing.\nOther methods of identification involving a mutilation required by law.\nProcedures for the Control of Reproduction:\nCastration.\nEmbryo collection or transfer by a surgical method.\nImplantation of a subcutaneous contraceptive.\nOvum transplantation, including ovum collection, by a surgical method.\nSpaying.\nVasectomy.\nOther Management Procedures:\nLaparoscopy.\nRemoval of the dew claws of dogs.\nRemoval of fish scales.",
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