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Banfield Bans Unnecessary Cosmetic Surgeries on Dogs!

blackbriar @blackbriar (9075) • United States 5 Aug 09

It's about dang time they start banning the mutilations of dogs and cats. [b]Great news for dogs: Banfield, the nation's largest network of animal hospitals, with more than 730 hospitals and 2,000 veterinarians nationwide, has...

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Ear cropping and tail docking in dogs, for or against

iakulchen @iakulchen (615) • Singapore 21 Aug 08

Personally, I'm against them, not so much because I think it's a cruel practice, which most critics of them I have come across cite as their main reason for being against, but more because it seems to be a self-defeating practice....

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tail docking / ear cropping. why are these forms of mutilation accepted?

Galena @Galena (9110) 11 Jun 07

and why would someone do it. it's a purely cosmetic thing, that looks horrible. thankfully ear cropping is illegal in the UK, but tail docking is still allowed. the excuses that working dogs can damage their tails doesn't...

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Do you support TAIL DOCKING in dogs?

prasoon04vet @prasoon04vet (255) • India 26 Mar 07

Now it become atrait charecter for many breeds.

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Tail docking... is it cruel and barbaric?

mummyofthree @mummyofthree (2715) 18 Mar 07

I personally see this as an unnecessary act. In some working dogs it might be a neccesity. But for cosmetic and show reasons I think it is awful. Apparantly it prevents the tail being damaged; so lets chop off it's legs because at...

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