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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World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Subject
- Amenities » Households
- Amenities » Living conditions » Living conditions
- Design » Fashion
- Government » Politics
- Health care » Surgery
- Industry » Cosmetics, soaps, additives
- Mankind » Human
- Recreation » Animal pets
- Societal problems » Maltreatment
- Zoology » Animals
Content quality
Presentable
Language
English
Last update
Oct 4, 2020