Was the California dairy industry in support of the tail docking ban?
The California dairy industry does not support the practice of tail docking. Even before Senate Bill 135 was passed and signed into law, the state’s industry was at the forefront of eliminating the practice. According to a University of California study at the time, only six percent of the state’s dairies were utilizing the practice. Originally thought to have legitimate herd health implications, once scientific studies demonstrated that tail docking did not delivery on anticipated benefits, the majority of California dairy producers stopped doing it.
