Sophie Adamantos BVSc CertVA DipACVECC
MRCVS
Jamie Adams BVSc MRCVS
Royal Veterinary College, London
Diane D. Addie PhD, BVMS,
MRCVS.
"Dear Vets Against Docking, What
a fabulous idea your website is. Please add my name.
When I was in practice I'd be called upon to cut
off, without an anaesthetic, puppy tails that were
as big as my finger . This is a barbaric practice
which should have been banned years ago. Gandhi said " I hold
that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled
it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man." What could
be more helpless than a two day old puppy? Thank you again!"
Ross M Allan BVMS MRCVS
Kirsten
Allen BSc, BA, VetMB MRCVS
Richard
Allport BVetMed, VetMFHom, MRCVS
The Natural Medicine Centre
www.naturalmedicinecentre.net info@naturalmedicinecentre.net
"I'd
like my full support for the anti docking campaign to be
put on record."
Read more...
Stuart
Altoft BVetMed, MRCVS
Ian Anderson BVM&S MRCVS
Davina Anderson
MA VetMB PhD SAS(Soft Tissue) DipECVS MRCVS
Geoff Appleton, BVMS, MRCVS. Kirkliston,
West Lothian.
Elizabeth Arnold (ne Mitchell)
MA, Vet MB (2000)
"I am currently practicing in South Australia where
tail docking for non therapeutic reasons is already banned."
Catharina Arthurs BSc,
DVM, MRCVS
Gareth Arthurs MA, VetMB, CertVR, CertSAS, MRCVS
Penny Ash B.Vet.Med, MRCVS
"Please
add me to your list of vets strongly opposed to
tail docking. After
many frustrating years let us hope that this campaign
is successful."
Richard
Aspinall BVSc CVR MRCVS
Vicky Aspinall BVSc MRCVS
"We are a busy 5 man small animal practice. We still see
a lot of puppies for 1st vax that have been docked by the
breeders with no veterinary input. This whole practice needs
to be banned and the hypocrisy of prophylactic amputation
to prevent future damage laid to rest. We amputate the occasional
tail because of trauma and it is often breeds that have never
been docked (ie labradors and greyhounds)!"
Martin Atkinson BVSc MRCVS
St Martins Veterinary Clinic, West Drayton, Middx
"I wish to make my support known for the RSPCA's policy on enforcement
of a total ban of the docking of dog's tails for non-therapeutic
purposes."
Read
more... Nick
Bacon MA VetMB CertVR CertSAS DipECVS MRCVS
Heather Bacon Bsc BVSc MRCVS
Burnham house Veterinary surgery,Dover.
"Please add my name to the petition against the docking
of dogs tails." Kate
Baensch BVSc
Paula Bailey BSc BVSc MRCVS K.M.Barcham
BVSc MRCVS Somerset
Grahame D. Baker.
"Please record
my objection. Tail docking is banned as a barbaric
practice here in Australia. I consider it mutilation
for fashions sake & have
refused to do it or entertain clients who request it
for 35 years. I practice to help patients to the best
of my ability, not deform them."
Simon J Baker MA VetMB PhD MRCVS
House and Jackson Veterinary Surgeons, Essex.
Caroline R Baker MA VetMB PhD MRCVS
Good Companions Vet Clinic,
Herts.
Juliette Bancroft BVSc MRCVS
Randolph Baral BVSc MACVSc
VIN Feline Medicine Consultant (www.vin.com)
Paddington Cat Hospital Pippa Barker B.V.Sc. MRCVS
John Barker, B.Vet.Med., M.R.C.V.S., Falmouth.
"Please include me on your list of veterinary surgeons
against docking.
It is ridiculous that this matter was not resolved years
ago"
Kirsty Barker BVMS Chris Barker
BVSc
Joanne Barnbrook BVM&S MRCVS
Alison Barrett BAppSc, BVSc (Hons)
MRCVS Pedro
Martín Bartolomé DVM MRCVS
Ian Battersby BVSc
DSAM DipECVIM-CA MRCVS
Alison Beck BVSc(Hons) CertSAS
DipECVS MRCVS
Royal Veterinary College
Yasemin
Beckram BVSc MRCVS
Moorcroft Veterinary Surgery, Weymouth,
Dorset.
Professor
Peter G C Bedford. BVetMed,PhD,FRCVS,DVOphthal,DipECVO,ILTM.
Emeritus Professor of Veterinary Ophthalmology
Royal Veterinary College,London University. Zoe
Belshaw MA Vet MB MRCVS.
Mark.R.Bennett BVSc MRCVS (Liverpool
1966) Dorset.
"Please add my name to your list of veterinary
surgeons against docking. I am now retired from a partnership
in the Lynwood Veterinary Group but am working on and
off as a locum in several practices in the area, all
of whom do not practise docking." Hazel Bentall, BVSc, MRCVS St Albans
"It's long overdue to ban non-therapeutic docking of dogs'
tails."
R. Timothy Bentley BVSc MRCVS
Sorcha Berry MVB MRCVS
Mike Bevan BVSc MRCVS and
Mandy Mayo BVSc MRCVS
"We would like to be added to the
list. Our practice, Dimples Lane Veterinary Surgery, and
our Branch, Dimples Vets at Caton Road will not carry out
non theraputic docking."
Sarah Bignell BVetMed, MRCVS Jorunn Blackmore B Vet Med MRCVS
Christopher Alan Blackmore B Vet Med MRCVS Stephen Blakeway BA VetMB MSc MRCVS East
Lothian Jon Bowen BVetMed MRCVS East
Sussex
John Bower BVSc MRCVS
Trustee
- British Veterinary Association Animal Welfare Foundation
Plymouth
"None of our twelve vets in our practice have docked any puppies tails for over
12 years now as we firmly believe it is unnecessary and cruel. The tails
are there for a purpose - communication and balance specifically - and rather
than people having the choice to amputate them, the dogs should have the choice
to keep them!
Nick Bell MA VetMB MRCVS
Research associate (University of Bristol), practitioner
(Dorset/Hampshire) & Trustee
of Worldwide Veterinary Services
The following vets at Bellevue
Veterinary Group, Banff. oppose the
non theraputic docking of dogs tails :-
Gordon Maclean BVMS MRCVS
Christine Hendry BVMS MRCVS
Lesley Henderson BVMS MRCVS
Leonard Black PhD, DVSc,
FRCVS
"I am strongly averse to tail docking
for non-therapeutic purposes in dogs.
I mentioned this in a paper published in 1967*, which
won the William Hunting Medal as the best Vet. Rec.
article of the year."
*The use of tail vertebrae in the treatment of non-union
fracture in the dog (1967) Vet. Rec. 80, 198-199.
Jorunn Blackmore B Vet Med MRCVS
Christopher Alan Blackmore B Vet Med MRCVS
Bernard de Bleser DVM(Hons),
DTVM, DipAgrDev, DipStat, MRCVS.
Royal Veterinary College
Eilis Boland MRCVS
Giovanni Borla VO - DARD
"In my opinion docking of dogs tails
not only causes unnecessary
suffering to defenceless pups but also, for the rest
of its life, the
dog is at a disadvantage without a tail as its tail is
used for
communication and balance. Therefore I really would like
to have the ban of docking of dogs tails
included in the new welfare bill."
Mark Bowen BVetMed CertVA CertEM(IntMed)
MRCVS, Hertfordshire Rachel Bowen BVetMed (Hons)
MRCVS, Hertfordshire Caroline
Bower BVM&S MRCVS. The Veterinary
Hospital Group, Plymouth.
Rachel
Bowron BVSc MRCVS
Katriona
Bradley BVMS, MRCVS.
"I am strongly
against the non therapeutic docking of dog's tails.
I practise in Hong Kong where it is still commonly
done - and often compare it to the binding of girls
feet in China 100 years ago, also a cruel and unnecessary
social procedure."
Michael Bradley
BVMS MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(Hong Kong)
Edward Branson
BSc MSc BVet Med MRCVS
Jonathan Bray MVSc CertSAS MACVSc MRCVS DECVS
RCVS and European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery
Michael W N
Bready MVB MRCVS
Alex Briault
M.Sc., B.V.Sc., M.R.C.V.S.
"Having qualified
from Liverpool University in 1987 it is sickening
that 18 years later EVERY DAY I am at work people
bring in pups which have been docked and almost
WITHOUT EXCEPTION they tell me they would have
preferred a dog with a tail, but the breeder
did not offer them the choice. Well done and good luck."
Louise Ayre BVSc BSc MRCVS, Chief Veterinary Surgeon,
Blue Cross Animal Hospital, Grimsby
Jackie Bale BVSc MRCVS
"I have never docked a puppie's tail
and never will, but I am frustrated that 99%
of puppies of traditionally docked breeds that
appear in our surgery are still docked." Ashley
Bramich MA, VetMB, MRCVS
Stamford, Lincolnshire.
Steve
Bright BVMS CertSAS MRCVS
Resident in Small Animal Surgery
Small Animal Hospital
University of Liverpool
(Dr)
Harriet W Brooks, BVetMed, PhD, MRCVS
Pathologist, Royal Veterinary College.
"
I should like
to register my strong opposition to non-therapeutic
docking of dog's tails. I admit to having carried
out docking, reluctantly, as a young graduate in practice. This was done under
pressure from...." Read More
Andrea Brodie.
Vet Surg Han, MRCVS, Cert ECFVG AVMA
Cate
Brothwell BVSc MRCVS
P.R. Brown
B.Vet.Med. M.R.C.V.S.
Andrew
J Brown MA VetMB MRCVS
Matthew Ryan University of Pennsylvania Dr Clare
Bryant BSc, BVetMed, PhD, MRCVS, Dip ECVPT
Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology,
Centre for Veterinary Science,
Department of Veterinary Medicine,
University of Cambridge Suzanne
Buckley MVB MRCVS,
Ty Croes Heol Y Mynydd Southerndown Vale of Glamorgan
Simon Burgess
BVetMed MRCVS
"A great idea, an effective ban is
long overdue." Rory Burke
BVetMed CertSAS MRCVS
Jacqueline Burt
BVSc MRCVS, Blue Cross Animal Hospital, Hammersmith
Andy Cage BVM&S
MRCVS
Elizabeth
Cameron BVM&S MSc MRCVS
Mrs Alex Campbell
(nee Prime). BSc BVSc MRCVS.
Bridgewater Court Veterinary Clinic, Manchester.
"I have never docked and never will. My Hungarian
Vizsla has a fantastic full length tail, so i definitely
practice what i preach. I just hope the RCVS will
find its teeth and root out those of the profession
who continue to perform this barbaric act."
Emma Campbell
BVM&S, MRCVS
Jeremy Campbell
BVSc MRCVS Anna
H Carey BVSc MRCVS
Mark Carpenter
BVetMed (1978), VetMFHom, MRCVS.
Harry
Carslake MA Vet MB MRCVS
Massey University, New Zealand
Sarah
Clancy. I graduated as a vet in June in Dublin and am against tail
docking
Carole J Clarke MRCVS
Mill House Veterinary Surgery and Hospital, King's
Lynn.
"We also have 8 Veterinary Nurses at the
hospital who support the banning of docking."
David D Clarke MRCVS
Mill House Veterinary Surgery and Hospital, King's Lynn.
Margaret J Cameron
BVSc MRCVS CertVetAc.
Paloma Diaz Carretero MRCVS
Lisette Cartier van Dissel, DVM,
MRCVS, Nottingham.
Rachel Cavanagh MRCVS Lancashire
Peter Chapman BVetMed DECVIM-CA
MRCVS
Lecturer in Internal Medicine
School of Veterinary Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
USA
"I am currently working in a country
where, in addition to tail- docking, many veterinarians
routinely perform barbaric mutilations such as de-clawing
and ear-cropping. The acceptance of these procedures
disappoints me and I am delighted to see so many UK veterinarians are
taking a more principled stance. I would like to add my unreserved support
to this campaign."
David Cassells BVSC MRCVS
Janet Chapman BVSc MRCVS
"
I am against docking of puppies
tails for cosmetic reasons.
The procedure is barbaric and painful. It should have
been banned long ago.
Please add my name to your campaign."
David B Church
Professor of Small Animal Studies
Head, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences
The Royal Veterinary College Dr Sandy Clark, BVMS, PhD, MRCVS,
CertSHP
Centre Manager, Disease Surveillance Unit, SAC Veterinary
Services
Janetstown, Thurso, Caithness.
"I have never
seen in 35 years of veterinary life the logic in
removing a perfectly healthy part of certain breeds of
dogs. The
practice should be destined to history similarly to docking
horses."
Ben Clarke BSc (Hons) BVSc MRCVS
Michael John Clarkson PhD, BSc,
DVSc, DSHP, MRCVS
I
would like to support your campaign for a ban on
non-therapeutic docking of dogs' tails. I was on the
Royal College Council and a member of the BVA Ethics
Committee and always supported the numerous attempts to ban this practice. Jane
Coatesworth M.A., Vet. M.B., Cert.V.D., M.R.C.V.S
Gail Cochrane BVMS MRCVS a 1988
Glasgow Graduate.
"I'm lucky to say that I have never had to perform
a 'docking' procedure on any pups and will never do
so. Please add my name to the 'Vets against Docking'
list."
Claire Cole BA
(final year vet student)
Sarah Colegrave
MRCVS
Mill House Veterinary Surgery and Hospital,
King's Lynn.
Ros Coles, Coles & Coles
Veterinary Surgery, M.R.C.V.S., BVSci
Hay-on-Wye.
George .M. Cooper BVetMed MRCVS.
"I have steadfastly refused to dock the tails
of any puppies for the last 28 years, and am impressed that,
at last (and probably a little astounded too) the BVA has
taken an active initiative to co-ordinate some action.
Let this just be the start of proactive, assertive
leadership, with no fear of been seen and being
counted on behalf of the membership.
Well done."
Andrew Cooke. 5th year Student at Glasgow.
Dr Sandra A. Corr, BVMS, CertSAS,
DipECVS, PhD, MRCVS
European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery
Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery (Orthopaedics)
Royal Veterinary College.
"I am happy to support the case for a ban against non-therapeutic
docking of dog's tails." Emma
Cosens BVSc MRCVS, Byron Vet Clinic, Nottingham.
Susie
Coughlan BVSc PhD MRCVS
Managing Director, CPD Solutions, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.
Adam
J Coulson BVMS CertVR MRCVS
The Veterinary Hospital Group, Plymouth
"I haven't docked a puppy's tail for many years and
see no need so to do.
Breeders say that they cannot sell puppies with tails
but most of my
clients would rather have puppies with tails, but can't
find them. It's time to change." Mr
G A Cowap BVSc MRCVS
Oxford
Rachel
Cox MA Vet MB MRCVS.
Tim
Crawshaw BVetMed MRCVS
David Crosse,
BVSc (liverpool), MRCVS
Kate Cullen BVMS
MRCVS
Meg Curnick BVSc
MRCVS
Melanie Jo Dobromylskyj BSc (Hons)
BVSc MRCVS Erin
Down BVSc MRCVS M V Dale MA VetMB MRCVS
CertVetAc. Suffolk.
"Please add me to
your list. It is a sad reflection on the human race that we are prepared
to mutilate another species for nothing more than whimsical fancy. I
am astonished that the Kennel Club is so impotent in supporting this
ban. It will become law eventually."
John Robert Dalton BVMS MRCVS
Dalton's Game Consultancy, Amesbury, Wilts.
Judith Dalzell MVB MRCVS
Melanie David BVSc MRCVS
Summer Lane Veterinary Centre,
Weston super Mare.
Laura Davidson B.VetMed
MRCVS
Dr J.V. Davies BVetMed
PhD MRCVS DVR DipECVS DipECVDI
RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging
RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Surgery
European veterinary Specialist in Diagnostic |Imaging
Alex Dawson BVSc
MRCVS
"I wholeheartedly
support a total ban on the
non-therapeutic amputation
of tails. "Because it's traditional" has....read
more...... Ruth
Dennis MA,VetMB,DVR,DipECVDI,MRCVS
Tania
Dennison BSc BVMS MRCVS
Petro Dobromylskyj. BSc
BVetMed DVA DiplECVA MRCVS
Sue Devereux BA
BVSc MRCVS
Simon Doherty BVMS
MRCVS
Ivan Doran. BVSc Cert
SAS MRCVS. Andy
Downing BVetMed MRCVS
Andrew Draper BVMS
MRCVS
Alexandra Dugdale
MA, VetMB, DVA, DiplECVA, MRCVS
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Anaesthesia
Senior Clinical Tutor c/o
Philip Leverhulme Equine Hospital, Wirral.
Pauline J Dunlop
BVMS, PhD
Katie Dunn
MA VetMB CVR CSAM MRCVS
Ellen Eaves
BSc BVSc MRCVS
Droitwich, Worcs
"Put pressure on the Kennel
Club to change breed standards for every breed
to include an entire tail and the whole issue disappears - how difficult
can it be? Why should show animals who are
never in any danger of tail injuries be put through a dangerous and character-changing
operation because some stuffy old judge can
" Shona
Emery BVMS MRCVS
McTaggart Veterinary Group, Dalry, Ayrshire
Caroline
Evans BVSc MRCVS
"Please add my name to your list of Vets against docking. I have
been qualified for nearly 25 years and spent most of that time working in
primarily small animal practice in rural areas. In that time I ...." Read
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John Foord BSc BVSc MRCVS
"
Great site!!! Having early in my career been forced into a position
to dock puppies tails I have to say it is one of the most barbaric things I
have ever seen. I wholeheartedly add my name to this list. Keep up the fight."
Liz Forbes BVetMed, MRCVS
RSPCA Putney Animal Hospital Corrado Fornengo MRCVS
Chris
Franklin BVSc Cert SAS MRCVS
Alistair Freeman BVM&S
PhD CertSAS MRCVS
Lecturer in Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery
Small Animal Hospital
University of Liverpool
Mr Malcolm Gale, BVSc, MRCVS (retired)
"Please add
my name to the list of veterinary surgeons against docking
- I am now retired but am appalled that the law has failed
to stop this mutilation."
Alex German BVSc(Hons)
PhD CertSAM DipECVIM-CA MRCVS
Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Medicine
University of Liverpool. Allison
German BVSc MSc PhD MRCVS
Divs Medical Microbiology & Neurological Sciences
University of Liverpool
Helen Gething BVetMed, MRCVS
Debbie Gow 4th
year vet student Edinburgh
Ian M Gill BVM&S CertSHP
MRCVS
Jess Gower MA VetMB Cert SAS
MRCVS, Head Veterinary Surgeon, Blue Cross Animal
Hospital, Victoria
Paul Grant MVB, MRCVS.
"Qualified
in 1987 and been in Kent, more or less, ever since.Surely
inflicting pain is the opposite to being a vet! All
my clients seem to agree."
Richard Green BVSc MRCVS, Chief
Veterinary Surgeon, Blue Cross Animal
Hospital, Hammersmith
Rebecca East MA VetMB MRCVS Jane Eastwood MA VetMB DVR DSAM
MRCVS
RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Medicine
Lecturer in Small Animal Medicine
Royal Veterinary College
‘Every day, Maddie our
English Springer Spaniel is trying to educate the public
about what a proper tail should look like ie it should
be long and it should wag constantly!’
Jonathan Elliott MA VetMB PhD MRCVS Dip ECVPT
Royal Veterinary College, London. Clive
M. Elwood MA VetMB MSc PhD CertSAC MRCVS DipACVIM
DipECVIM RCVS and European Specialist in Small
Animal Medicine
Sinead
Ennis MVB, MRCVS (Charlton, South East
London) Audrey Fearn BVMS
MRCVS Edinburgh
Helen
Errington BVMS MRCVS VLA Penrith
Isabel Evans
BVMS MRCVS
Sian Evans
BVM&S, MRCVS Wales
Helen
Fines BVSc MRCVS
Veterinary Officer Bristol RSPCA
Nicola Finn BVSc MRCVS
Jayne Fisher, BVM&S, MRCVS
Tom Forsyth
BVSc MRCVS Mrs E.Wanda Foulkes MA, VETMB, MRCVS
"Please include my name on the list of
vets that support a total ban on tail docking. I firmly believe that dog's
need their tails for communication and do not need persistent neuritis caused
by tail docking."
Ed Friend BVetMed CertSAS DECVS MRCVS
European Specialist
in Small Animal Surgery
Helen Fryer, BVSc,
Cert VD, MRCVS Kate Funnell BVSc MRCVS. Surrey. Isuru Gajanayake BVSc CertSAM MRCVS.
Royal
Veterinary College.
Barbara Gallagher MVB MRCVS.
general practitioner
from Spinney Lodge in Northampton
Shevaun Gallwey, MVB (1994) MRCVS
"I strongly support your argument that animals should not be mutilated
for non-therapeutic reasons. The only exception I understand that
may be necessary is in those animals who wag their tails and may damage them
as a result, such as indoor Great Danes or police-working spaniels (those
that check under chairs in conference rooms, for example). I would like to
see a ban on breeding of animals for aesthetics contrary to their physical
health, many examples of which are obvious to us all."
Peter
Gard, BVetMed, MRCVS
"Please include me on the list as opposed
to the unnecessary amputation of tails."
Claire Gardner BVSc. MRCVS Bilton Veterinary Centre
"As an owner of an undocked tail, wagging Jack
Russell I am horrified that
people still consider it acceptable to remove tails for untherapeutic
reasons."
Andrew Gardiner BVM&S CertSAS
MSc MRCVS Edinburgh
"I am against removing the healthy
tails from a great many puppies in order to prevent
perfectly treatable ...."
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Rosemary Gibson B.Vet Med BSc (Hons) MRCVS
"I am a veterinary surgeon working in the government sector in Northern
Ireland in the Department of Agriculture, Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards
Road, Belfast. I am strongly opposed to tail docking for non-therapeutic reasons.
Dog breeders and owners need to admit that this is a cruel and totally unnecessary
practice that is fuelled totally by commercial greed and ridiculous vanity
(the "breed
standard"). And they call themselves dog-lovers?"
Hilary Glasgow BVMS MRCVS
"Would like to join petition to ban tail
docking...unnecessary cruel for fashion in my opinion"
Judith Glushanok BVSc MRCVS. Bristol Philip Goddard BVetMed, MBA, MRCVS
Reg Godwin BVSc MRCVS
Robert Goggs BVSc MRCVS
Senior Clinical Training Scholar in Emergency and Critical Care
Royal
Veterinary College
Mark Goodfellow MA VetMB CertVR
CertSAM MRCVS
Helen Pollok Good BVM&S MRCVS
Mark M Goodman BVM&S MRCVS.
C
N Gorman, BVSc, MRCVS. Newbury, Berkshire.
Sara Gould BVetMed DSAM MRCVS
RCVS Recognised
Specialist in Small Animal Medicine
Caroline Goulton BVetMed MRCVS
I
would like to add my support to the petition for a total ban on docking of
dog's tails except for therapeutic reasons. I feel very strongly about the
ban and have never docked a tail unnecessarily, my practice does not condone
docking of puppies and we have lost clients over the issue. Thank you. Adam
Gow B.V.M & S. CertSAM MRCVS
Manus Graham MVB, MPhil, MRCVS.
Clinical
Division, Moredun Research Institute.
" I would like to add my name to those of
other vets who are calling for a total ban on the docking of pups tails. My
position on the matter is based on 12 years in small-animal practice......Read
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Dr Sue Gregory BVetMed, PhD, DVR,
DSAS (soft tissue), MRCVS
RCVS Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery.
Senior
Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery, RVC.
"Apart from the fact that tail
docking is completely unnecessary, unless a ban is enforced we will
never be able to determine its significance as a suspected factor in
the aetiology of urethral sphincter mechanism incompetence."
James Grierson BVetMed CertVR
CertSAS MRCVS
Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery
(Temporary)
Queen Mother Hospital for Animals
Royal Veterinary College
" In
order for this to work we also need the Kennel Club to take a
stand and stop the showing of dogs with docked tails. Particularly at
international events such as Crufts which the general public look
to as the standard."
David Grant MBE B.vet.Med.
FRCVS Harmsworth Hospital Director D.N.
Griffiths BVSc MRCVS.
"Having
qualified some 21 years ago I am delighted , to say
the least, to be added to your signature campaign condemning the
'docking' of dogs tails. With great enthusiasm I am forwarding this
to all veterinary colleagues. Thank you in anticipation of common
sense prevailing."
Emma Grogono BA VetMB MRCVS
Wendy Stickells BVetMed MRCVS (also listed
under 'S')
RSPCA Hospital, Putney.
"Please add us to your list of vets who support a total
ban against the docking of all dogs tails, regardless
of breed. Thank you for being so pro-active in organising
vets into action. We are spreading the word at work
to all vets and vets nurses."
Miss H C Groves-de-Milleret
BVM&S MRCVS
I write to support the RSPCA
in its efforts to lobby the Government to ban
tail docking of dogs for non-therapeutic reasons.
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more...
Hanne Claudi Gundersen
BVetMed MRCVS
David Hadrill BVSc MSc
MRCVS
"Since qualifying
as a vet in 1980 I have consistently refused to dock puppies’ tails,
which I consider to be an unnecessary mutilation."
EJ Hall, MA, VetMB, PhD,
DECVIM-CA, MRCVS
Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine
Division of Companion Animal Studies,
Dept. Clinical Veterinary Science,
University of Bristol. GA Hall BVSc PhD FRCPath, MRCVS
DESMOND ROBERT HAMILTON BVMS MRCVS
Philip Hanlon
Milton Keynes
Vet Group Synnøve
Haagenrud BVSc MRCVS"
"Please add my name to
the list of vets against docking. I now work in
a country where tail docking has been banned
since 1988, and...." Read more
Dean
Halligan BVSc MRCVS
Bridgefield Veterinary Surgery,Wem,
Shropshire.
"Completey unnecessary, and about time something
positive was done!"
Olivia
Halligan BVSc MRCVS
Mr.
Barri Hamid BVSc, MSc, MRCVS Roger
Hancock BA Vet MB Cert WEL MRCVS
Veterinary Laboratories
Agency (VLA)
"I would like to register my
firm opposition to the non-therapeutic
docking
of puppies. I qualified..." Read
more
Tom
Harcourt-Brown MA VetMB MRCVS
" I would be very
grateful if you would add my name to your
list. I have been opposed to docking since
I qualified and actively tried to bring
prosecutions against the breeders doing
it, and RCVS actions against the vets who
will carry it out (both on their clients
and, more annoyingly, on mine). My efforts
have been met with indifference and frustration
on the part of the bodies that are meant to
help us in pursuing these cases. An organisation
to oppose this practice is very welcome
and essential to those in the profession
who oppose this uneccessary act." Frances Harcourt-Brown BVSc MRCVS
"
I do hope now at long last that
this unnecessary mutilation will be banned
permanently and that the legislation is sufficiently
robust to make the ban
effective."
Ben Hardy BVM&S MBA MPhil MRCVS. University of Cambridge.
Peter Harlow
Prospect House Veterinary Clinic
Colwyn Bay
Matthew
Harris BVSc CertVDI MRCVS
Angela Hermon BVSc MRCVS
Mrs Emma J Harrop MA VetMB MRCVS
Adelaide Veterinary Group, Beds
Mrs Vivien Hartley Ryan. BVSc(Hons)
BSc(Hons) MRCVS
"I Would like to be added to your
list - something should be done about this asap!" Claudia Hartley BVSc CertVOphthal
MRCVS
Monika Hartmann, Mag.Vet.Med,
MRCVS
Saffron Walden.
Pia Hayat, BVSc Hons, MRCVS
Nicolette Hayward BVM&S DVR
DipECVDI MRCVS
European Specialist in Veterinary
Diagnostic Imaging
Christine Heinrich DVOphthal DipECVO
MRCVS
Willows Referral Service, Solihull, West Midlands
"I firmly oppose the docking of
dogs' tails and I am forever disheartened when litters
of docked puppies are presented for testing under the
BVA/KC/ISDS eye scheme!"
Julian Henderson MRCVS,
BSc, BVM&S
Dr Anke Hendricks DrMedVet CertVD
DipECVD MRCVS
Dept. Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Royal
Veterinary College. Claire Hendry BVM&S,
MRCVS
"Please include
my name on the list of vets against docking. It's about
time some legislation was laid down about this inappropriate
procedure." Simone
Herbert BVSc, MRCVS
Margaret Higgins, BVMS, MRCVS.
John M Hill MVB MRCVS
Junior Vice President SPVS
"Docking of dogs' tails should have been banned at
the same time it was banned in horses in the late nineteenth
century. In the twenty-first century, it is long overdue
to end this barbaric mutilation."
Richard
Hill man BVSc CertVA Richard Hillam BVSc PhD CertVR
MRCVS Cheltenham. "
I am strongly opposed to non-therapeutic
tail docking; a mutilation performed in the name
of 'breed standards'."
John F.R.Hird MA BVSc
DVA DiplECVA MRCA MRCVS Former Principal, Hird & Partners,
Blackwall, Halifax, West Yorks.
"Good luck, the profession
vs the Kennel Club, a good contest."
Chris Hoare MRCVS.
"I
wish to make my support known for the RSPCA's policy
on enforcement of a total ban of the docking of
dogs' tails for non-therapeutic purposes."
Will Hodge BVSc MRCVS
Elaine Holt, DVM, Diplomate
ACVO, MRCVS Lecturer, Ophthalmology The Royal Veterinary College
Nick Honhold BVSc MSc PhD DipECVPH
MRCVS. Belfast.
Michelle Honnor BSc VetMB
MRCVS
David W Hopper BVM&S MRCVS
"I would like to register myself as a vet in favour
of a ban on all
non-therapeutic docking of tails. However if...." Read More
Karen
Horne MA VetMB MRVCS
"Please add me to your list and help stop
this barbaric 'fashion
statement'."
Linda
Horn BVMS, Dip AS (CABC),MRCVS
Alasdair Hotston Moore
MA VetMB CertSAC CertVR CertSAS MRCVS Karen Humm MA VetMB CertVA MRCVS James
Hunt BVetMed CertVA MRCVS."
I
am pleased to say I have never amputated a tail for
anything other than therapeutic reasons. The sooner
a clear and unambiguous ban, on this most barbarous
of fashion statements is enforced, the better in
my opinion."
Simon Hurst BVetMed MRCVS
Mark
Hurst BVetMed Cert VR Cert SAS MRCVS
Alan Hurst BVM&S,
MRCVS
Veterinary Officer, State Veterinary Service.
"I very strongly support your
campaign for a complete ban on the
non-therapeutic docking of dog's tails. Twelve years
in small animal
practice convinced me that this practice is unnecessary,
cruel and based on
nothing more than the vanity of certain sections of the
dog-owning
community."
Babs Ingram BVetMed MRCVS
Matthew Ingram BVetMed CertSAS
MRCVS
David J Irwin
MVB MRCVS
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