RCVS COUNCIL CALLS FOR BAN ON NON-THERAPEUTIC TAIL-DOCKING IN DOGS............
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www.bsava.com
" The BSAVA Council is of the opinion that the docking of puppies' tails is an unnecessary mutilation and urges the RCVS to promote legislation leading to the outlawing of the procedure, unless the tail has previously been injured and the injury cannot be managed by any other means."

www.bva.co.uk
"Good-luck with your initiative, which has our full support.  The BVA has long been opposed to this mutilation, that over 90% of veterinary surgeons find abhorrent.  We will continue to campaign vigorously to ensure that non-therapeutic docking, both cosmetic and prophylactic, is completely banned."

BVA Animal Welfare Foundation
Click the link below to view a copy of the latest BVA AWF publicity material regarding tail docking
http://www.bva-awf.org.uk/resources/posters

Liz Nabb BVMS MRCVS

Madeleine Neale BVetMed MRCVS
Clinical training Scholar in Organic Health and Welfare, Bristol University.

Prue Neath BSc(Hons), BVetMed, Dipl.ACVS/ECVS, MRCVSAmerican/European Specialist in Veterinary Surgery, Frodsham, Cheshire.

Laura A. Neerings BVMS MRCVS

Elizabeth Newbery BSc(Hons.), M.Res., (final year student BVMS Glasgow)

"Partners John Newcombe and Jennifer East wish to support your petition.
We have never docked tails in a combined total of almost 50 years practice.
We have clients of docked breeds who dont ! Those who do, we dont have!"

Tim Newton BVSc MRCVS
"Please add my name to the list of vets against cosmetic tail docking. Nothing short of a total ban will stop the process. It should also be defined in law as an act of mutilation and subject to criminal prosecution."

Emma Nicholas MA VetMB MRCVS
Barons Court Veterinary Centre, West London

Nikianna Nicholas BVSc MRCVS
Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey

Claudia Niehoegen, Dr.Med.Vet, MRCVS
"Tradition is no justification - see slavery and foot-binding. Education is the key: many breeders of traditionally docked breeds worry about being left with 10 long-tailed Rottie pups, because prospective buyers don't believe they are pedigree pups."

P-J.M.Noble B.Sc., BVM&S., PhD., MRCVS
Lecturer in Internal Medicine. University of Liverpool, Small Animal Hospital.

P.R.Nolan, BVSc, MRCVS

BIRGIT NORDMANN, M.R.C.V.S

Zoe North BSc (Hons) BVM&S MRCVS.
New Lodge Veterinary Centre, Polebrook, Nr Peterborough.

Dr. Tim Nuttall BSc BVSc PhD CertVD CBiol MIBiol MRCVS,
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Dermatology,
University of Liverpool Small Animal Hospital.

Sarah Nyman-Hill BVSc MRCVS
Drove Vets, Marlborough, Wiltshire
"Please add me to the list of veterinary surgeons who are against tail docking in a bid to end this non-therapeutic unnecessary mutilation. Thank you."

William G Oakes BVetMed MRCVS

Ross O'Brien BVetMed MRCVS. Somerset.

Brian O'Donovan MA VetMB MRCVS

John O'Flynn, MRCVS

Helen O'Hare, MA VetMB, MRCVS
"What a shame that a tiny minority (64 out of over 20,000 registered veterinary surgeons) continue to pander to the archaic whims of...." Read More

Kate O'Sullivan MVB MSc CertSAS MRCVS
"Until this is unreservedly outlawed, vets in practice are in the invidious position of having to refuse requests for docking from puppy owners, hopeful for good sales amongst show dog owners, upon esoteric, principled grounds. Let's remove ambiguity and woolliness and relegate this anacronistic inhumanity to the annals of history, once and for all."

Mr K A J Oliver – BVSc MRCVS.

Mrs J R Oliver – BVSc MRCVS.

Olutolani Oni MA VetMB MSc MRCVS

Elizabeth Ormerod BVMS MRCVS.
"(I am) Writing in support of a total ban on tail docking throughout the UK. I have been in companion animal practice for over 30 years during which time very few dogs have been presented with tail injuries. However, I have seen many pups suffering from tail infections and persistent pain and discomfort due to docking. "Old habits die hard" - people get entrenched in a way of behaving and thinking - and it is very difficult to engage them.This should have been resolved many years ago. Effective legislation and public education is now required."

Simon Orr BVSc DVR MRCVS

Michael Orsi BVMS MRCVS

Julia Osborn BVSc MRCVS

Angharad Owens. BVetMed MRCVS

Damian Pacini BVSc MRCVS
Senior Veterinary Officer Bristol RSPCA.

Chris Parratt BVSc MRCVS

Bob Partridge BVM&S MRCVS

George Pate BVM&S BSc MRCVS
Avalon Veterinary Clinic, Milngavie.

Ian Paterson BVSc, MRCVS
Oakfield Veterinary Group, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham.

Jo Payne BVSc, PhD, MSc, MRCVS
Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Sutton Bonington
Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA)

Matthew J. Pead BVetMed PhD CertSAO ILTM MRVCS
Senior Lecturer in Surgery
Head of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery Group
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences
The Royal Veterinary College

Joanne Pearce BVSc MRCVS

Ilse Pedler MA, Vet MB Vet MFHom MRCVS.
Merecer and Hughes Saffron Walden

Dr Jacques Penderis BVSc MVM PhD CertVR DipECVN MRCVS
RCVS and European Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Neurology
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Neurology, University of Glasgow.

Andrew S. Peregrine, BVMS, PhD, DVM, DipEVPC, MRCVS
BVA member #89952
Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College,
University of Guelph, Canada.

Anna Philip BVM&S MRCVS
"I would like to add my name to the list of vets supporting your campaign. I still find it hard to believe that people cannot be prosecuted for docking tails for cosmetic purposes. We need to stand up to the Kennel Club. They hardly have the animal's best interests at heart. I still get owners, even well educated friends, who genuinely think these breeds are born with short/no tails. We need to change what is accepted as normal. A lot of them may have kinked tails. Does that matter?"

Nick Pine MA VetMB MRCVS

Roger Pinniger MRCVS

Sarah Pitt-Bailey BVM&S MRCVS

Amy Pollard BVsc MRCVS

Juliet Pope BVSc CertSAS MRCVS. Bristol.
"As a lover and owner of German Short-haired (but long tailed) Pointers I abhore the practice of non-therapeutic tail docking. I lost an 11 year old dog this year with a perfect, and completely undamaged tail. I have a new puppy who has her tail, for which I travelled 600 miles and paid an extra £100 to have. Worth every penny."

Rob Pope BVetMed (Hons.) BSc(Hons.) MRCVS
"I have been against docking since witnessing it seeing practice in Gloucestershire and being fobbed off with the "If I don't do it, the breeder will" line. Until this practice becomes a punishable offence and breed standards are changed, this may well unfortunately be the case, so the focus has to be not on driving this underground, but to ensure that the law is changed and subsequently, breeders who continue this practice are prevented from owning animals for a period, plus other measures deemed necessary, as befits the crime of cruelty to animals."

Clare Povah BSc BVSc MRCVS

Roger Powell MA Vet MB MRCVS

Dr Daniel Preter, MRCVS
Harrow

Lucy Preece, final year veterinary student, Cambridge University

Ian Price. BVSc MRCVS

Simon L Priestnall BVSc BSc (Hons) MRCVS
Department of Pathology & Infectious Diseases. The Royal Veterinary College.

Joy Pritchard BVM&S CertWEL MRCVS
Head of Animal Welfare, The Brooke.

Theresa Proudfoot BVMS MRCVS
"Tail docking is more than unnecessary, it is a handicap to a dog in terms of both balance and communicating with fellow canines, as well as causing pain when performed, contrary to what the Kennel Club and others would like us to believe."

Simon Pudsey MA VetMB MRCVS CertSAS

Zoe Pullen MRCVS

Stephen Putnam BVSc MRCVS.
St Ives Veterinary Surgery, St Ives, Cornwall.