Tail Docking
- The Anti-Docking Alliance - Working to abolish the practice of docking dogs' tails.
- Council of Docked Breeds - UK-based organization's campaign to protect the future welfare of all traditionally docked breeds. News, reasons for tail docking, photographs, survey, and links.
- Dogs Downunder: All About Docking Downunder - Legislation, press releases, resource kit for opposing the legislation and links.
- Kerry Blues: Tail Docking - Origins, pros and cons, organization positions, and fighting the ban.
- RCVS: Docking of Dogs' Tails - Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons position statement.
- RCVS Vets for Docking - Response to a proposed law which would ban docking in the UK. Includes position statements and a list RCVS veterinary surgeons who wish to be allowed to continue the practice.
- RSPCA: Tail Docking Campaign - Australia's Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' reasons to ban cosmetic tail docking. Links.
- Say No to Tail Docking - A protest to tail docking of dogs as unnecessary and unacceptable. Facts and pictures.
- Vizsla Newzsletter:- This Tail Docking Discussion, And What It Means To You - Article by Steve Peacocke in response to a New Zealand SPCA campaign to ban docking.
News About 'Tail Docking'
N.B. veterinarians ban cosmetic surgeries for dogs; breeders not happy (Cape Breton Post)
FREDERICTON (CP) — New Brunswick veterinarians will soon no longer perform so-called cosmetic surgeries on animals, including docking the tails of dogs or cropping their ears to make them stand at point.
Jenna Woginrich: Is Eating Local Meat Kinder Than Vegetarianism? (HuffingtonPost)
Let's show this industry that we care, and demand a more humane product. It's a sad truth, but for millions of animals across America, that red plate could be a vote for a greener future.
Plastic surgery for dogs and beauty queens (Orange County Register)
Rules are stricter for canine contestants.
RSPCA quits Crufts over controversy surrounding 'deformed' pedigree dogs (Times Online)
The RSPCA cut its links with Crufts yesterday as a leading charity warned the organisers of the dog show that they must act to prevent the breeding of “deformed and disabled” animals.
