Ear-cropping and declawing: modifying the anatomy of companion animals is a cruel human habit

American bully dogs with cropped ears

NEWS AND COMMENT: Last night the BBC aired a program about the cropping of ears of aggressive-looking dogs to make them look more aggressive and aesthetically pleasing to a certain type of person. There is a network of breeders offering customers the option to have …

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American Veterinary Medical Association condemns declawing of wild cats and condones declawing of domestic cats?

Recently declawed cat

Late in the day, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) decided to condemn the declawing of wild cats because they couldn’t see any reason for doing it. There is positively no reason for declawing wild cats. Therefore they have to condemn it. In fact they …

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