Reactions from the microchip law
Dog owners vow to flout chipping law 23 June 2006
Confusion, howls of protest and determination to flout microchipping regulations have emerged after a last-minute exemption for working farm dogs.
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Councils mull changes to dog control law 23 June 2006
South Canterbury district councils are still unsure how they are going to deal with the fine print of the amendments to the dog microchipping law. Changes to the law have seen working and service dogs exempt and given local councils the power to exempt any dog they wish.
Timaru District Council regulatory services manager Peter Thompson said the amendments to the law have not made the job of dog control any easier. "An all or nothing approach would have been preferred." MORE>>
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Greens bare their teeth to Labour 23 June 2006
An 11th-hour defeat on dog microchipping is shaping up as a Green Party warning shot across Labour's bows. (...)
Prime Minister Helen Clark said she was disappointed after earlier assurances from the Greens.
But the Green Party has hit back, saying there is nothing in their co-operation agreement with Labour that obliged them to show their hand early on the microchipping law.
It points to a harder line from the Greens, shunned as a coalition partner after the past two elections.
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A new law that bit the Govt 23 June 2006
New Zealand's farm lobby is clearly doing something right. Its latest victory came on Wednesday evening when Parliament voted to exempt working dogs from controversial new microchipping laws.
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Editorial: Law a dog's breakfast 23 June 2006
Wednesday night's vote on dog microchipping shows just what an ass the legislation is. The Green Party MPs who voted to exempt working dogs did so not with that aim, but to make microchipping as a whole unworkable. What ridiculous lawmaking is that?
Confusion, howls of protest and determination to flout microchipping regulations have emerged after a last-minute exemption for working farm dogs.
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Councils mull changes to dog control law 23 June 2006
South Canterbury district councils are still unsure how they are going to deal with the fine print of the amendments to the dog microchipping law. Changes to the law have seen working and service dogs exempt and given local councils the power to exempt any dog they wish.
Timaru District Council regulatory services manager Peter Thompson said the amendments to the law have not made the job of dog control any easier. "An all or nothing approach would have been preferred." MORE>>
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Greens bare their teeth to Labour 23 June 2006
An 11th-hour defeat on dog microchipping is shaping up as a Green Party warning shot across Labour's bows. (...)
Prime Minister Helen Clark said she was disappointed after earlier assurances from the Greens.
But the Green Party has hit back, saying there is nothing in their co-operation agreement with Labour that obliged them to show their hand early on the microchipping law.
It points to a harder line from the Greens, shunned as a coalition partner after the past two elections.
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A new law that bit the Govt 23 June 2006
New Zealand's farm lobby is clearly doing something right. Its latest victory came on Wednesday evening when Parliament voted to exempt working dogs from controversial new microchipping laws.
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Editorial: Law a dog's breakfast 23 June 2006
Wednesday night's vote on dog microchipping shows just what an ass the legislation is. The Green Party MPs who voted to exempt working dogs did so not with that aim, but to make microchipping as a whole unworkable. What ridiculous lawmaking is that?
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