Cosmetic Surgery on Pets.

[Earl]

Tail docking, ear cropping etc....

Are these acceptable practices, or just animal cruelty?

[Alpha]

it's animal cruelty, simple as!!!

[Ck]

I think there's worse things you can do to an animal.

[SFB]

Ck's right, the operations you mention are done under anaesthetic and although I also disagree with them, there are far worse things done to animals and human animals around the world, UK included.

[Donachiel]

Neither. It's just an out dated tradition that very few people accept as appropriate. A lot like marriage.

[Ck]

I don't like seeing babies or toddlers with their ears pieced. (OT soz)

[SFB]

So don't look?

[Ck]

but I enjoy a rant!

[A_B]

I thought tail docking had stopped.

To be honest, pets are taken from their natural environment anyway, so you could call that animal cruelty as well. Yellow has his ear tattooed - I'm sure it wouldn't have been his choice, so that's a bit cruel as well. As for his tail - I wish that'd been docked sometimes because he's smashed that many cups while wagging it, it just seems an inconvenience to be honest.

[Alpha]

Tails are for balance