The regulation has been in the works for years, with examples such as the veterinarian board banning its members if they should perform docking or cropping, but it hasn’t been officially prohibited. Now, however, the Quebec Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food has made it formal.
The new year is bringing a new animal law to Quebec, which makes it illegal for veterinarians to perform cosmetic surgeries to clip a dog's tail or ears.
The College of Veterinarians of British Columbia have voted to ban the controversial practice of tail docking and alteration of dogs, horses and cattle.
New study on tail docking and ear cropping sheds new light into the necessity of these practices and questions their validity.
A dog's tail serves many purposes, and just one of those is to communicate how he's feeling. Let's talk about the importance of dog tails.
On the list of things you can do for your pooch, plastic surgery isn’t one of them. Things have come a long way since tail docking – many of thes…
Tail docking in dogs has been around for centuries, used for different purposes. In modern times, this practice is usually performed for cosmetic reasons.
