, ▁Anti - c ru el ty ▁In iti atives ▁and ▁Legisl ative ▁Services , ▁The ▁American ▁Society ▁for ▁the ▁Pre vention ▁of ▁Cru el ty ▁to ▁Anim als ▁( AS P CA ) ▁was ▁quoted ▁in ▁a ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁White ▁P aper ▁titled ▁" The ▁Fact s ▁About ▁Modern ▁Electron ic ▁Training ▁Dev ices ," ▁produced ▁by ▁Radio ▁Systems , ▁a ▁manufact urer ▁of ▁shock ▁coll ars , ▁" We ▁recognize ▁that ▁older ▁products ▁were ▁often ▁un re li able ▁and ▁difficult ▁to ▁use ▁human ely . ▁But ▁we ▁feel ▁that ▁new ▁technology ▁employed ▁by ▁responsible ▁manufact ur ers ▁has ▁led ▁to ▁products ▁that ▁can ▁be ▁and ▁are ▁being ▁used ▁safely ▁and ▁effectively ▁to ▁preserve ▁the ▁safety ▁and ▁well - be ing ▁of ▁many ▁dogs ▁and ▁strength en ▁the ▁bond ▁with ▁their ▁human ▁compan ions ." ▁ ▁Leg al ▁status ▁The ▁use ▁of ▁shock ▁coll ars ▁is ▁b anned ▁in ▁Scotland , ▁Den mark , ▁Norway , ▁Sweden , ▁Austria , ▁Switzerland , ▁Sloven ia , ▁and ▁Germany , ▁and ▁in ▁some ▁territ ories ▁of ▁Australia , ▁including ▁New ▁South ▁Wales ▁and ▁South ▁Australia ▁ ▁The ▁United ▁States , ▁China , ▁Japan , ▁France , ▁Canada , ▁South ▁Korea , ▁Russia , ▁Spain , ▁Netherlands , ▁Belg ium , ▁United ▁Arab ▁Em ir ates , ▁Finland , ▁New ▁Zealand , ▁Portugal ▁and ▁ 1 6 8 ▁other ▁nations ▁listed ▁by ▁the ▁United ▁Nations ▁do ▁not ▁reg ulate ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁elect rical ▁coll ars . ▁ ▁In ▁March ▁