Cosmetic surgery on pets
Written on Monday, 17 of August, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Last time I blogged about giving our pets supplements for weight loss. You may already have thought that the idea was ridiculous, well wait to you hear about COSMETIC SURGERY ON PETS!
You may have heard of these: Tail Docking, Ear Cropping, Debarking, Declawing. These are just some examples of the usual cosmetic procedures done especially on dogs and cats. I’ll give a brief explanation on each.
Tail docking – crimping of tail short or removal of the whole tail. Almost always done with no anesthesia. Breeders explain that they need to cut the dog’s tail short so that it won’t be injured in hunting (as if they use them in hunting).
Ear cropping – cutting of the part of the ear that is usually floppy in order for the ears to stand up. Why? I have no idea why one would like their Boston Terriers look like bugs bunny.
Debarking – removal of vocal cord tissues to mute the dog’s loud barks. Done by people who love having pet dogs but hate barking (What the??).
Declawing – removal of the tip portion of each finger so that claws wont be able to grow. Why? to protect their waterbeds from cat’s claws I guess.
Animal rights groups protest these procedures and consider them as cruelty to animals. They explain that God made these creatures perfect as they are and altering them in any way is against the animal’s rights (not that they could say anything about it). We humans may love cosmetic surgery but that doesn’t mean our pets feel the same way.
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Comment by Princess
Made Wednesday, 19 of August , 2009 at 5:21 am
We humans may love cosmetic surgery but that doesn’t mean our pets feel the same way.
I agree! Fascinating info. I look forward to reading more like this from your blog 0;)
