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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-prohibited-procedures-on-protected-animals-exemptions-scotland-regulations-2010/schedule-2",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2010/9780111010211",
  "legislation_title": "The Prohibited Procedures on Protected Animals (Exemptions) (Scotland) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-prohibited-procedures-on-protected-animals-exemptions-scotland-regulations-2010",
  "path": "schedule/2",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Pigs",
  "text": "Procedure\nPurpose\nTattooing\nIdentification\nEar tagging\nIdentification\nEar notching\nIdentification\nMicro chipping\nIdentification\nVasectomy\nControlling reproduction or general animal management\nImplantation of a subcutaneous contraceptive into a non-farmed pig\nControlling reproduction or general animal management, as part of a conservation programme\nEmbryo and ovum transfer\nControlling reproduction or general animal management\nTusk trimming\nHandler safety or herd welfare\nDocking of farmed pigs kept on agricultural land\nHandler safety or herd welfare\nConditions—\n1) The procedure may only be performed—\n(a)\nwhere there is evidence that injuries to the tails of other pigs have occurred and where other measures to improve environmental conditions or management systems have been taken in order to prevent tail-biting; and\n(b)\nby the quick and complete severance of the part of the tail to be removed.\n2) Where pigs are older than 7 days of age the procedure must be performed under anaesthetic and additional prolonged analgesia and only by a veterinary surgeon.\nUniform reduction of the corner teeth of farmed piglets kept on agricultural land aged 7 days or less by grinding or clipping to leave an intact smooth surface\nHerd welfare\nCondition—\nThe procedure may only be performed where there is evidence of injuries to sows’ teats or to other pigs’ ears or tails and when other measures have been taken to prevent tail-biting and other vices have been exhausted.\nNose ringing\nGeneral animal management\nCondition—\nNose rings must not be put in animals kept continuously in indoor husbandry systems.\nCastration\nControlling reproduction or general animal management.\nConditions—\n1) Castration may only be performed by means other than the tearing of tissues.\n2) Where pigs are older than 7 days of age the procedure must be performed under anaesthetic and additional prolonged analgesia and only by a veterinary surgeon.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2010/9780111010211/schedule/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:37:40.903856+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}