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  2. Mutilation of domestic animals

Mutilation of domestic animals

  • Cosmetic mutilation of pet animals
  • Fashionable surgery on pets
  • Physical modification of household animals
  • Elective surgery on pet animals for human convenience

Nature

The usual reasons for surgical procedures on pets are to produce a more acceptable appearance or to make it more convenient or safer to have the animal sharing the domestic environment. Such practice includes: docking tails and clipping ears of dogs, removal of claws of cats, clipping wings, claws and beaks of birds and desexing mammals.

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Sustainable Development Goal #2: Zero HungerSustainable Development Goal #15: Life on Land

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Subject
  • undefined » Households
  • undefined » Living conditions
  • undefined » Fashion
  • undefined » Politics
  • undefined » Surgery
  • undefined » Cosmetics, soaps, additives
  • undefined » Human
  • undefined » Animal pets
  • undefined » Maltreatment
  • undefined » Animals
  • Content quality
    Presentable
     Presentable
    Language
    English
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020