Yes

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  by Ada Anti-Docking Alliance

  Created on: July 29, 2010

  Docking (amputation) and cropping (cosmetic surgical  tampering) are injuries and it  should

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  by Perry McCarney

  Created on: January 02, 2009   Last Updated: January 29, 2011

  Every four years the Paralympics gifts us with many demonstrations of people overcoming physical disadvantages

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  by Vicki Brown

  Created on: August 20, 2008   Last Updated: December 03, 2010

  Yes, docking a dog's tail is cruel as well as unnecessary. It's like cropping ears and removing dewclaws. Historically,

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  by R.A. Scott

  Created on: August 07, 2008   Last Updated: April 27, 2010

  Breeders and others involved in the dog industry are quick to suggest that tail docking is fine and

• 5 of 16

  by E K Stapleton

  Created on: August 11, 2008

  I guess the perception of cruelty is dependent on the individual being asked. The practice of docking

• 6 of 16

  by Carolyn Tytler

  Created on: August 07, 2008

  Your dog loves to communicate, but unlike humans, he can't speak with his vocal cords. His primary means

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  by Rena Sherwood

  Created on: August 26, 2008   Last Updated: June 29, 2009

  A dog's tail is a fully developed body part, with nerves, blood vessels and bone going all the way through

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  by Kristina K.Summers

  Created on: March 29, 2009

  A first hand account of tail docking:

  I have owned dogs all my life, but never thought much about how

• 9 of 16

  by Daphnie Miller

  Created on: July 23, 2010

  Tail docking: Oh! How cruel! The inhumanity of it all! Who could do such a thing?

  It may be true that

• 10 of 16

  by Anna Hofman

  Created on: June 01, 2009

  I can't believe it hasn't been put down as animal cruelty yet. Since when was cutting animals body parts

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  by Cathy Hughes

  Created on: July 29, 2010

  I have been working professionally with dogs for over 40 years.  One of my first jobs was with

• 12 of 16

  by Miki Colvin

  Created on: April 05, 2010   Last Updated: April 07, 2010

  I am a vet assistant at an animal hospital so I know up close and personal tail docking. In my opinion,

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  by Chrystal Mahan

  Created on: July 01, 2009

  Think about this for a minute. How about I take a medical knife or a pair of medical scissors and freely

• 14 of 16

  by Janet Farricelli CPDT-KA

  Created on: August 20, 2008

  When I first starting working at an animal hospital I was given a booklet with all the prices and services

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  by Michelle Wilkinson

  Created on: August 08, 2008   Last Updated: August 26, 2008

  As a nation of animal lovers' it is quite surprising that it was perfectly legal to dock a dog's tail

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  by Kate Manning

  Created on: August 18, 2008

  The unnecessary amputation of any limb off any animal is cruel - simply because it is of no purpose