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.

Two dying puppies dropped off at a Philadelphia animal hospital led to a Pennsylvania SPCA investigation that rescued 12 more dogs from two city properties, at one of which animals were undergoing ...

When did dog tail docking start? The ancient Romans believed that amputation of the tail tip and/or parts of the dog’s tongue could protect it from contracting rabies, which was then rampant all over ...