Originally removed on working dogs to prevent injuries. For many breeds, selective breeding and nature have eliminated tails.

In 1999, the AVMA announced 1 that “Ear cropping and tail docking in dogs for cosmetic reasons are not medically indicated nor of benefit to the patient. These procedures cause pain and distress ...

Tail docking of dairy cows was already an uncommon and diminishing practice in California when a state legislator introduced a bill in February 2009 to ban the practice. By November, both ...

Cutting a portion of the sheep’s tail is called tail docking. It is an animal husbandry practice done for health, welfare and management reasons. In breeding females it eases mating just as D ...

Ear and tail docking involve surgically removing part of a dog’s ears or tail. This practice, which has been around for centuries, originally aimed to prevent injuries in hunting and working dogs.

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The European Commission Directorate General for Health and Food Safety is organising a three day meeting 4-6th October 2016 at the offices of its Health and Food Audit and Analysis Directorate in ...

One such dog, Rocket, a corgi, has found a unique way to delight the internet with his stair-descending antics. In a viral TikTok video posted on an account dedicated to one-year-old Rocket (@not ...

Patricia Louis is a recent graduate of the University of Delaware Lerner College of Business and Economics. She has written for the Philadelphia Wings NLL team and worked in media relations for ...

Pembrokes are more compact, with pointed ears and typically docked tails, with coat colors such as red and sable. This year’s Tour de Corgi theme, “corgolympics,” promises a showcase of ...

The poly-A tail is a long chain of adenine nucleotides that is added to a messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule during RNA processing to increase the stability of the molecule. Immediately after a gene in ...