Ontario launched a public consultation to ban medically unnecessary procedures for pets but removed the tail docking of dogs ...

Tail docking, banned in South Africa due to its painful and harmful nature, continues despite legal restrictions. A recent ...

This experiment compared the stress responses of piglets to tail docking. Two hundred and eighty-eight piglets were allocated to the following treatments at 2 d post-farrowing: (1) sham handling ...

Veterinarians in the province are no longer permitted to dock a dog's tail. An overwhelming majority of Manitoba Veterinary Medical Association members voted to axe the controversial practice through ...