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"Please add my name to your efforts in preventing tail docking. I have worked as a vet for 15 years and have never docked a tail as yet and have no intention of ever doing so. Ive recently been working in Melbourne in Australia and in 2 states here it is now illegal not just iunethical which is fantastic and even better at a show I went to recently all the german shorthaired pointers had tails- what a magnificent sight! A few years ago in practice I was written to by the council for docked breeds to see if I would dock tails- my reply to them was ' if prophylactic docking was necessary in gun dogs to prevent tail injuries then a human equivalent would [erhaps be that all rugby players should have their ears removed to prevent cauliflower ears and haematomas'. It is really sad that some vets are still doing this barbaric practice and yes why arent we all chasing up the RCVS to follow this through?
Juliette Riddall BVSc CertVA MACVSc MRCVS
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