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June 22, 2006

The Dog Tax! what silicon said

Greens' vote spares farm dogs 22 June 2006

The Government has accepted an embarrassing defeat after a split in the Greens handed farmers and National an eleventh-hour victory on dog microchipping.

In a surprise move, four of the Greens' six MPs joined ranks with National to exempt working farm dogs from the plan, which takes effect from next month.

The vote came after the Greens had insisted they would not vote for any exemptions unless all dogs except dangerous and menacing ones were exempt.

Associate Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta – who has resisted calls to exempt any dogs from the 2003 microchipping law – said the Government accepted the loss.
"While we believe this reduces the effectiveness of the measure, we will proceed with the legislation as it now stands to protect New Zealanders as best we can." MORE>>
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Green MPs in shock vote 22 June 2006
Four Green Party MPs voted last night to have working dogs exempt from microchipping laws, and said they did so to make the law unworkable.

Parliament voted to exempt working dogs after the four Green MPs changed tack and supported a National Party amendment. The Greens had previously argued against exempting farm dogs, saying it wanted microchipping scrapped for all but menacing dogs. MORE>>
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Chip law now dogtucker to happy farmers 22 June 2006
By DAVE WILLIAMSMarlborough farmers say they are pleased to be rid of the prospect of having to microchip their new working dogs - a rule most would have disobeyed had it been passed into law. (...)

Sheep and cattle farmer Mark Parsons, who farms in the Blue Duck Valley near Kaikoura, said the amendment was pleasing. Mr Parsons has five dogs, and he described the issue as a "bloody farce", and said most farmers would not have complied with microchipping rules unless they were forced.

"It wouldn't matter if they wanted to microchip and it cost nothing. I still wouldn't do it."
Marlborough has about 2500 working dogs. MORE>>

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