Emma Jarratt
"I'm a 4th year veterinary student at University of Bristol, I don't know
if it's appropriate that I be included on your list of
vets against docking as I am not yet qualified, but I do
feel very strongly on the issue so thought I would contact you anyway."
Shailen
Jasani MA VetMB MRCVS (Royal Veterinary College,
London).
"I would like to add my name
to the list of vets against tail docking and to stress the importance of
the need for a UK-wide official consensus on this
issue. Furthermore, no policy is helpful unless it is enforced
and I hope that some less than scrupulous breeders,
along with some members of our profession, are subjected to
'docking type' penance if they flout the policy!
Also, is there a similar list for vet nurses as they are
often very vociferous in such matters and the more
support the better?"*
*See the VAD home page regarding a proposed
list of Veterinary Nurses Against Docking.
Melissa
Jay BSc BVMS MRCVS
Deborah Jeffreys
BVSc CertVR MRCVS
"I would like to register my support
for the campaign to stop non-therapeutic docking
in dogs. This mutilation is in my opinion totally unnecessary
and cruel.
Miss Rosanne E.
Jepson BVSc (Dist) MRCVS Royal Veterinary
College
Mike Jessop
BVetMed MRCVS. President
Elect BSAVA.
"It is time to end this unnecessary mutilation."
Alison
Jones BVetMed MRCVS. Vets on the Park Cheltenham Bryony
Jones, BVSc, MSc, MRCVS
DEWI JONES BVMS MRCVS
"Needless
mutilation of dogs for aesthetic purposes, a selfish practice, needs
banning."
Emma Jones MVB MRCVS
Mark Johnston BVetMed MRCVS
" There
is no logic in tail docking in dogs, docking
of horses tails was banned over a century ago !"
Suzanne
Johnson BVSC (Syd Uni) MRCVS
Brixton, London
"It's great to see someone organising what is a vast
groundswell of opposition to docking." Thomas
Johnson MA VetMB MRCVS
"Good Luck with the
Campaign."
Peter G.H. Jones,
BVSc, MRCVS
Dennis Jones BVSc
MRCVS
Byron Veterinary
Clinic, Nottingham.
"After over 30 years as a vet,
it would be a huge benefit to the victims of this procedure
if it could finally be made illegal. Docking of horses
was banned the year I was born – here’s hoping
dogs join them before I retire." Karen
Jones, BVetMed, MSc MRCVS
Veterinary Director, SPANA (Society for the Protection
of Animals Abroad) Lorna
Jordan-Owers BA(Hons) BVetMed MRCVS
Leonie
Julian BSc BVSc MRCVS
Amir Kashiv BA
BVSc MRCVS
Robert John Kay
BVetMed MRCVS
Ashley
Jury BVSc MRCVS, bristol graduate 2000
"I now
work in Sweden where docking of puppies tails was
banned long ago.
All of our breeders of which there are many, including
those of usually
docked breeds, cant understand why we still do
it in the UK."
Nihal Kay
DVM PhD MRCVS
Blue Cross Animal Hospital, Victoria, London
Stephanie
Keele MA VetMB MRCVS Patricia
Kelly MVB, MRCVS.
David
Kennedy BVMS MRCVS
Mrs. Olwen
M. Kerr BVM&S MRCVS
.Downpatrick,
Co. Down. N.Ireland.
"Please add my name
to the list of Veterinarians opposed to
all non-therapeutic docking of dogs` tails.
I wholeheartedly endorse the
campaign."
Eric H
F der Kinderen DVM, MRCVS
Jennifer Kinns
VetMB MRCVS
Matthew J Ryan Veterinary Hospital of the University
of Pennsylvania
"Please
add my name in support of a ban on tail docking.
The practice is
barbaric and against the principles of good veterinary
care." Reimi
E Kinoshita. BVMS , MRCVS, Mphil
Raymond Kirke,
MVB, Cert SVM, MRCVS
Divisional Veterinary Officer, DARD
Petra Kördel,
Tierärztin, MRCVS
"Thanks for your campaign!"
Jane
Ladlow Vet MB Cert SAS, Cert VR, DipECVS
Jonathan. D.
Lamming, M.A., Vet.M.B., M.R.C.V.S. Devon. Sorrel
Langley-Hobbs MA BVetMed DSAS(O) DECVS ILTM MRCVS
University Surgeon, Cambridge University.
Tracy Latham
MRCVS BVSc
Chris Laurence
QVRM TD BVSc MRCVS
Veterinary Director. The Dogs Trust.
"Please
add my name to the list. I believe there is strong
scientific evidence to show that docking causes pain, deprives the
dog of a means of expression, and may predispose
to disease later in life. I
see no justification for anything except a complete
ban on all except therapeutic docking." Robert
Geoffrey Lee BVSc (Hons) MRCVS
Rosalind Lee BVSc MRCVS
"We would like to add our names to the
list. We have kept Dobermanns for many years with tails. We have worked
in rural areas for more than 30 years and have seen no evidence that the
working dogs left with tails are likely to suffer injuries to their tails."
Tamsin Learoyd-Hill
BVetMed MRVCS Hertfordshire
Peter Lennox BVM&S
MRCVS
"
I have been qualified 8 yrs I have very rarely
seen tail injuries that require amputation. I think the act of docking is
barbaric and unnecessary."
Dan Lewis BVSc MRCVS,
Northampton
"I’m 100% behind
this site as are the other vets and nurses at my practice."
Philip
Lhermette BSc CBiol MIBiol BVet Med MRCVS
"
There
is no logical argument to continue this completely unnecessary and
cruel mutilation. Let’s see it off once and for all!"
Caroline
Liardet BVMS GPCert(SAP) MRCVS.
"I
am
happy to add my name to something I also
believe we, as a profession, should be able to
stop."
Nadine Lock
BVSc Cert VA MRCVS, Blue Cross Animal Hospital,
Merton
Katherine
Locock, MRCVS BVSc
Ron Lowe BVSc
MRCVS
Ashleigh Vet Clinic, Knaresborough, N Yorks.
Claire Lowes
BVSc MRCVS
"Why are so many owners still oblivious
to the fact that docking is not 'normal' & not
necessary?!"
Linda
Lowseck BVM&S MRCVS Alex
Lyons MRCVS -
Blue Cross Merton.
Brendan
M McCartan MVB M Sc MRCVS
"As an experienced
veterinarian who strives to protect the welfare
of all animals I strongly object to the docking
of dogs tails, whether carried out under an
anaesthetic or not."
Ian McDougall
MRCVS BVM&S
Dean McElfatrick,
BVM&S, MRCVS, Edinburgh 1987.
"I am opposed to the non-therapeutic
docking of dogs' tails. I owned a Jack Russell
witha full tail, and that was "one in the eye" of
the Kennel Club as far as I was concerned."
Malcolm
McKee BVMS MVS DSAO MACVSc MRCVS.
Solihull.
Susanna
McIntyre BVSc MRCVS
"Well done for organising such a list.
Please add my name to the list of vets against tail
docking."
Ewan McNeill BVMS MRCVS
Brin McNeill BVMS, MRCVS
Dr David
C. J. Main BVetMed
PhD CertVR DWEL MRCVS
BVA Animal Welfare Foundation Lecturer in Animal Welfare
RCVS Recognised Specialist in Animal Welfare Science,
Ethics and Law
University of Bristol
"I would like to support a complete ban on all non- therapeutic docking
of dogs' tails. Veterinary surgeons should act as animal
advocates and a mutilation that causes pain cannot be
justified for aesthetic reasons."
Brian McCartan, Qualified
M.V.B. Dublin 1969 and member royal college July 1969. M.R.C.S.
F
J McKeating BVMS FRVCS
"I totally support such a ban and welcome
the long overdue end of the current situation & rulings
which are both anomalous and totally iniquitous!" Terence
McManus MVB MRCVS
Fraser J
McConnell BVM&S CSAM DVR DipECVDI MRCVS
Paul MacFarlane
BVSc MRCVS
E.J.A.Macholc
B.V.Sc. M.R.C.V.S.
L-J.Macholc B.V.Sc(Hons.) M.R.C.V.S
"We
wish to support you in your campaign to have the non-therapeutic docking
of dog's tails made illegal. As far as we are aware, the majority of
veterinary surgeons will no longer dock tails for cosmetic reasons,but
as you are well aware, those who continue to do so will
always find a reason until the practice of cosmetic docking is made
totally illegal."
Joe Mackinder BVSc MRCVS
Vivienne
Mackinnon BVM&S MRCVS
"I hope that the new legislation will be enforcable so
that in future ALL dogs get the chance to wag the
tail they were born with."
Elspeth MacLean BVMS MRCVS. Aberdeen
" Well done and keep up the good work."
Gerard E MacManus MVB MRCVS
Andrew J Madel BA, VetMB, DipAH,
DipTCDHE, CertSHP,HonFRCVS Gareth Maglennon BVMS MRCVS
Paul Mahoney BVSc(Syd) DVR CertVC
MRCVS
Royal Veterinary College (London)
Alistair Marks B.V.M.&S. Cert.V.R. Cert.S.A.O. M.R.C.V.S.
Oak Tree Veterinary Centre, Edinburgh.
"Each individual in the profession wanting
to see the end of this distasteful practice must, as an
individual, take this opportunity to letter (in his or
her own words) his or her own political representatives
in the hope that they will see the futility of anything
other than a total ban. Otherwise the situation will remain
a farce just as it is just now."
Charlotte Marshall BVSc MRCVS Nick Marsh BVSc MRCVS
Kerry Marsh BVSc MRCVS
Ciki Van Loggerenberg BVSc MRCVS
"Myself, my wife and my colleague would like to be added
to the list of vets against docking. It is a cruel and
barbaric practice with no basis in veterinary medicine,
and it is time it was finally banned. Well done for finally
trying to get us off our backsides and doing something
about it. We'll help any way we can." James
Y Mason BVMS MRCVS
"A few years after qualifying (over 20 years ago) my
conscience stopped me docking tails. It's not the biggest welfare issue
around but it is one which we can and should do something about."
Nathalie
Mauroo, DVM, CertZooMed, MRCVS
Veterinary hospital,
Hong Kong. Miss J Briony E Mawson
b.Sc., M.A., Vet.M.B., MRCVS
James Miles MRCVS
Mill House Veterinary Surgery
and Hospital, King's Lynn.
Hanne Adelholm Miles MRCVS
Mill House Veterinary Surgery and Hospital, King's Lynn.
Judy Mosedale MRCVS
Mill House Veterinary Surgery and Hospital, King's Lynn.
Nazim Mukadam MRCVS
Mill House Veterinary Surgery
and Hospital, King's Lynn.
Carmel T Mooney MVB MPhil
PhD DECVIM-CA MRCVS
President, BSAVA
"Please add my name to your list.
The BSAVA is firmly against
non-therapeutic docking and aims to help in the
current campaign."
Mrs. Maeve Moorcroft MVB MRCVS
Veterinary Advisor -Rolf C. Hagen (UK) Ltd
Carol Mason BVM&S MRCVS
Colin S Mason Bsc BVM&S Cert CHP MRCVS
"I would like to add support to
the campaign to ban tail docking. There is no need
for such mutilations. Sadly 99% of puppies...." Read more.
Mandy
Mayo BVSc MRCVS and Mike Bevan 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."
Andy
Moores BVSc DSAS(Orth) DipECVS MRCVS
Lecturer in Small Animal Orthopaedics
The Royal Veterinary College
Meleri
Morgan MA VetMB MRCVS Catherine Morganti BVSC MRCVS
Cert SAM,
Senior Veterinary Surgeon, Blue Cross Animal Hospital,
London
Samantha Morris BVetMed, MRCVS,
Pet
Practice, Sidcup
Paul Morton BVSc MRCVS Sean Murphy, BVetMed
"Complete ban on non-therapeutic docking
long overdue."
Andre Menache BSc(Hons) BVSc MRCVS FRSH
Scientific Consultant to Animal Aid Ian Megahy
B.V.M.S., M.R.C.V.S.
"Like the vast majority of the
profession, I was highly sceptical about the use of lobbying
government. However, my written submission against tail docking
was published in full in “The Draft Animal Welfare
Bill” and this indicates that it was, at the very least, read.
I would urge all vets to contact their Members of Parliament
to voice our fundamental concern for animal welfare and
urge the complete ban of this cruel practice."
Siobhan Menzies BVM&S MRCVS
LFHom[Vet] Co Down.
I would like to
register my support for a complete ban on all non therapeutic
tail docking of dogs .
Tim Miles B.Vet.Med.,MRCVS Chief
Veterinary Adviser RSPCA
"I fully support your efforts in campaigning
for a ban on cosmetic tail docking of dogs."
Jo Malone BVMS MRCVS North
Yorkshire
Emma Milne BVSC MRCVS North
Yorkshire
Founder of Vets Against Docking
Hayley Mitchell BVMS MRCVS
Veterinary Officer Bristol RSPCA
Simon P Moat B.Vet.Med . MRCVS
Orla Moore M.V.B. MRCVS
Vikki Moran BVSc MRCVS
"
No
matter what argument is given for docking of tails,
it always seems to come down to a cosmetic issue, and quite
frankly, because it “looks” better
doesn’t wash with me." Catherine
Morris BVSc BSc MRCVS.
"I own two standard poodles, mother and daughter.
The mother was a rescue and was docked. All her pups
(20) have been undocked and very happy."
Michelle Morters BVSc MRCVS
Trude Mostue BVSc MRCVS, Care
Without Compromise ltd.
"Its time we see more action and let the
public know what we feel about this issue. If UK is going
to live up to its reputation for being devoted animal lovers, and particular
''a nation of dog lovers'' something have to change and someone has
to take responsibility for the fact that Taildocking ,which is banned
in many countries ( e.g. in Norway), is still going on in UK.
Its time for change."
Ian Mostyn BVM&S CertZooMed
MRCVS Siobhan Mullan BVMS
DWEL MRCVS.
Senior Clinical Training Scholar in
Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law. Currently working on how to
measure Quality of Life in Dogs.
"Please add me to the
list! To me, tail-docking of dogs symbolises a lack of
respect for the dogs own inherent value. A dog without
a tail has lost a part of it's essential 'dogginess'!" Sue Murphy BVM&S MSc MRCVS
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.
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."
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." 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
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
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.
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 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."
Clare Povah BSc BVSc MRCVS
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."
Stephen Putnam BVSc MRCVS.
St
Ives Veterinary Surgery, St Ives, Cornwall.
Ann Radford B Vet Med MRCVS
Caroline Reay BVSc Cert VR MRCVS,
Chief Veterinary Surgeon, Blue Cross
Animal Hospital, Merton
Yvette Renouf, clinical student,
Liverpool
"Not sure if you accept those of
us yet to qualify for your petition, but I'm sure you do! Breeders
at my local practice aren't asking for the vets to dock tails any
more, but whether they're taking them elsewhere remains to be seen.
Perhaps they're finally realising that this archaic practice is (deservedly)
on its way out."
Peter
Renwick MA VetMB DVOphthal MRCVS. Solihull.
Jo
Reynolds BVSc Poole Vets4Pets
"In
my 10 years of working I have never docked a
tail unless for therapeutic purposes. I still
have many clients asking if I will dock a litter of puppies
but I point out that they shouldn’t
be selling to people that request this mutilation.
Unfortunately there is a veterinary practice
not too far away from me that is quite happy
to oblige."
Iain
Richards BVSc Cert VA MRCVS Graham Richmond B.Vet.Med
MRCVS
Westmorland Veterinary Group, Kendal, Cumbria.
Andrew Richmond BVM&S
MRCVS
Janet Ritchie B Vet Med
MRCVS
Wheelhouse Vet Centre Chesham Bucks
Megan Roberts MRCVS. Co
Antrim.
Ann Robinson BA BVSc(Hons)
CertSAD PhD MRCVS Heidi Robinson BVSc
MRCVS
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.
"Both vets and others that use the excuse that they
are docking working breeds to prevent tail injuries
should watch the fox hounds (whos tails I've never seen
docked) run through brush and wire for several hours,
two or three times a week. These are far more at risk
than your average urban boxer from injuries! We all know its a pathetic
excuse." Jo
Rogers BVSc MRCVS
Clare Rogers BVSc
(Hons 1) MRCVS
"Please add my details to your list
of vets supporting a complete ban on
non-therapeutic docking. I have felt very
strongly about this since
qualifying 22 years ago, and have never docked
a dog's tail for any reason."
Julie Rose BVM&S
1981.
Delia Richter BVSc
MRCVS Goddard
Vet Group, Barking.
"I am an Australian
vet practising in Barking, UK. Tail docking has recently
been banned in Australia and about time too. What
amazes me is that this HAS to be banned....you would
think surely that people in this day and age would
just not do it!"
Juliette Riddall BVSc CertVA
MACVSc MRCVS
"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 .Read more..."
Christel
Robbins BVSc MRCVS GPCertSAP
Reading, Berks
I'd
like to add my support to a total ban on non-therapeutic docking of dog's
tails.
It seems ridiculous to remove part of the dog used for communication simply
because 'they look better'. They don't! The breed standards need changing.
If show dogs were put up the ranks for having tails rather than being placed
down I suspect we'd see a lot more wagging. They damage their toes more often.
Sian Rosser BVSc MRCVS
Vicky Runyeard BVetMed MRCVS. Clare
Rusbridge
BVMS DipECVN MRCVS RCVS and European Speicialist in Veterinary Neurology
Stone Lion Veterinary Centre, Wimbledon Common.
"I fail to be convinced by the "susceptible to trauma" argument.
Many dog breeders are more concerned about the potential purchase or show value
of a dog rather than its welfare. It is time vets stood up to them."
Robert Russell BVM& S MRCVS. Southampton.
"Please feel free to add my name to the
list on your website. I have refused to dock tails for more years than
I care to remember following the death of two OESD pups after docking to the
crazy degree required for breed standards. I was fortunately on this
occasion not the vet that performed the docking but there but for the grace etc..."
Clare Robinson MA VetMB MRCVS
"Please
add my name to the list of vets against tail docking. I see so
many puppies at first vaccination that have been mutilated in this way
and it
upsets me every time. Despite it being so unneccessary, my main concern
is
over the importance of tails in dog-dog communication and that these
poor pups
are at a disadvantage to dogs with full tails. The public are in need
of some
serious education - the market drives the continuation of this pratice
and if
people stopped buying docked puppies, money-driven breeders would soon
have to
change their ways!" David Rosenberg BVM&S BSc MRCVS, Blue
Cross Animal Hospital, Grimsby
Simon Rowell BVSc MRCVS
Please
add my name to your list of vets opposed to docking. Congratulations on
starting the site and good luck.
Miss E. Salisbury B.Vet. Med. MRCVS
"Please add my name to the petition. I hope it helps to
achieve the result we are all after." Roger D Salmon BVSc MRCVS
"If the government should listen to anyone surely it
should be to the professional body who have no
possible motive other than the welfare of animals." Julie
Saunders BVSc VN MRCVS
Sibilla Schleicher MRCVS
Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire
Kiran Sehgal BVET MED, MRCVS.
Natalie Scott Final yr student
vet student at the RVC
Colin Scott BVM&S, MRCVS (Edinburgh
1972)
Luxstowe Veterinary Centre, Liskeard,Cornwall.
"I am happy to add my name to your list. We have refused to
dock tails for 20 years, and would support a total ban." Stephanie Sieff BA, VetMB,
MRCVS
Chess Veterinary Clinic, Rickmansworth.
John Sheridan BVetMed DMS
CVPM MRCVS
"With best wishes for your ongoing success." Mrs Anne
Shilliday BVMS MRCVS
Vicky Sims BVM&S MRCVS
"Please add my name to the list of vets against the non-therapeutic
docking of dogs tails. It is a completely unnecessary
and cruel procedure."
Pamela Singleton FRCVS
Maurice Kelly MRCVS
"The comment I would like to make,
is how best we educate the public. Clients come in
to the surgery with their new puppy of which they are
very proud. One has to be very diplomatic not to spoil
their joy in the new pup, to point out that it is docked.
some people profess not to know that this is not how nature intended. others
say they would have bought a non docked one but they were already docked.
Clients with dogs who have pups say they have to dock
them or they wont be able to sell them. Catch 22. I do not know who docks these
pups as I dont know any vets who admit to doing it."
Both of Shamrock Veterinary Clinic
43 knaresborough Rd Harrogate N Yorks
Dan Skeldon MA VetMB MRCVS
Rosie Skinner BVSc MRCVS,
general
practitioners from Spinney Lodge in Northampton
Alan Slater BVMS [1973].
"Please add my name against this barbaric act." Angela Smith BVSc MRCVS
Oliver Smith BVM&S MRCVS
Paul Smith BVetMed DVC MRCVS Sarah
Smith MA VetMB CertVC MRCVS
Steve Smith, BVetMed(Hons), MRCVS. Swindon.
Freda Scott-Park, BVM&S, PhD,
MRCVS President, BVA
"Beyond adding names to your wonderful website
can we encourage veterinary surgeons to write to their
MPs and to persuade clients to do the same? A recent
comment from a forthright (pro-docking) member of our
profession was that we hadn't a hope of getting the
procedure banned "because we weren't half as good
as the CDB and the Kennel Club at lobbying". The
BVA in conjunction with BSAVA has made available all
the material necessary for vets to lobby MPs on their
websites - live from Friday 09 Dec 2005. The suggested
phrases to use in a letter and contact details of MPs
can be found on the open section of the BVA
website,
so clients and other people can access this resource.
Here's to a successful campaign and an end to all non-therapeutic
docking."
Timothy Shearman BVMS MRCVS North
Yorkshire
Kendal Shepherd, MRCVS, BVSc, CCAB (Certified
Clinical Animal Behaviourist)
Christine F Shield BVM&S
MRCVS
Stocksfield, Northumberland.
Jonathan Shippam BVSc CertSAS
MRCVS
Kate Simm, BVMS, MRCVS
Gill Simpson BVM&S
MRCVS (SA practice)
Jimmy Simpson SDA BVM&S MPhil MRCVS (SA int med
specialist & worker of
gundogs!)
Two ageing vets with WORKING
springer spaniels with TAILS! Good luck!! Pamela Singleton FRCVS
Maurice Kelly MRCVS
"Please
could you add our names to the list of vets against
docking.
The comment I would like to make, is how best we
educate the public. Clients come in to the surgery
with their new puppy of which they are very proud.
One has to be very diplomatic not to spoil their
joy in the new pup, to point out that it is docked.
some people profess not to know that this is not
how nature intended. others say they would have bought
a non docked one but they were already docked. Clients
with dogs who have pups say they have to dock them
or they wont be able to sell them. Catch 22. I do
not know who docks these pups as I dont know any
vets who admit to doing it."
Rosie Skinner BVSc MRCVS,
general
practitioner from Spinney Lodge in Northampton
To whom it may concern:
All veterinary surgeons working at the Society
of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Hong Kong are
firmly apposed to the tail docking of animals and believe
it to be a barbaric and inhumane procedure:
1. Jane Gray
BVSc MRCVS Deputy Director (Veterinary Services)
2. Fiona Woodhouse MA VetMB MRCVS Deputy Director (Welfare)
3. Michael Hough BVSc MRCVS Senior Veterinary Surgeon
4. Corla DeWet BVSc MRCVS
5. Michael Muir BVMS MRCVS
6. Yasmin Jiwa DVM MRCVS
7. Heidrun Kraft Dipl Tzt MRCVS
8. Catherine Sen MA VetMB MRCVS
9. Carmel Taylor MVB MRCVS
10. Marisa Goodie BVSc MRCVS
11. Liza Koster BVSc BSc (Hons) MRCVS
12. Carla Chow BVM&S MRCVS
13. Gillian Norbert-Tikun (visiting vet) BVM&S MRCVS
14. Michael Bradley BVMS MRCVS
15. Gillian Hung BVet Med MRCVS
16. Susie Lam Dr Med.Vet MRCVS
17. Kate Iu BVSc
18. Matthew Field BVSc
19. Cheryl Mc Meekan BVSc MSc
20. Pat Poon (locum) BVSc BSc (Vet)
21. Sharon Chan (locum) BVSc MRCVS
22. Betty Chan (locum) BVSc MRCVS
23. Alison Main (locum) BVMS MRCVS
Julia Smith, Bvet
med, Bsc, Cert VD MRCVS
Blue Cross Animal Hospital, Victoria.
Mike Smith, B.A.,
Vet.M.B., M.R.C.V.S.
"Long overdue - get it stopped!"
Oliver Smith BVM&S
MRCVS
Peter Southgate
BVetMed MSc MRCVS - Dumfries
Dr Andy Sparkes
BVetMed PhD DipECVIM MRCVS
Nicole Sparrow.
BVSc hons GPCertSAP MRCVS
Rochford Veterinary Clinic
Deborah Stafford
MA VetMB MRCVS
Jade Statt BVMS
MRCVS
Michelle
Stead. MRCVS BVet Med.
"I am against tail docking
for non-therapeutic purposes...." Read more..... Michael
Steel BVSc LLB MRCVS
"Action on this is long overdue. Good luck! "
Anneliese
Stell BVM&S DSAM MRCVS
The Royal Veterinary College, University of London Gillian
Stenlake BVSc MRCVS
Ann
Sterry BVSc MRCVS Lorna
Stevenson BVetMed MRCVS VO State Veterinary
Service Cornwall
William Stewart
BVM&S
Emma Grogono
BA VetMB MRCVS (also listed under 'G')
Wendy Stickells BVetMed MRCVS
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."
Mark Stidworthy MA
VetMB PhD MRCPath MRCVS
Veterinary Pathologist
International Zoo Veterinary Group. West Yorkshire. Roger
Stobbs BVSc MRCVS
Walter P Stohr BVSc, MRCVS
Mandy Stone BVM&S MRCVS Veterinary
Manager Bristol RSPCA.
" Please put me on the list. Fantastic
to have somewhere to express my whole-hearted support
for a complete ban on cosmetic docking." Sarah Stonton
BVM&S MRCVS Jo
Stonehewer BVM&S DSAM MRCVS
"The cosmetic removal of a dog's tail is
abhorrent in the 21st century."
Dr
Caty Swain BVSc, GPCert(SAP), MRCVS. Bernard Swift,
BVSc, MRCVS, Hull
" I fully
support a complete ban on the non-therapeutic docking
of dog's tails. The lack of justification for docking
can be illustrated no better than by the fact that
there are 2 breeds of corgis - Pembroke which are docked
and Cardigan which are not - how can the docking of
the Pembroke ones be justified when the Cardigan ones have normal
tails." Harriet Syme
BSc BVetMed PhD DACVIM DECVIM-CA
Chris Tansley,
BVMS MRCVS
S.W.Tappin MA,
VetMB, CertSAM, MRCVS
Clinical Scholar in Small Animal Medicine and Intensive
Care
Dept of Clinical Veterinary Science
Langford House, Langford, Bristol Dr Séverine
Tasker BSc BVSc PhD DSAM DipECVIM-CA MRCVS
European Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine
Lecturer in Small Animal Medicine
Department of Clinical Veterinary Science
University of Bristol Abi
Taylor (nee. Lane) BSc BA Vet MB, MRCVS
Small Animal Intern, NC State University, USA
Samantha Taylor
BVetMed(Hons) MRCVS
Anna
Tebb MA, VetMB, MVM, CertSAM, MRCVS
Registrar in Small Animal Internal Medicine,
Murdoch University, WA
Alison
Thomas BVSc Cert SAM MRCVS, Blue Cross
Animal Hospital, Victoria
Stephanie
Tickle MA VetMB MRCVS
Guy
Tomlinson BVSc MRCVS
Des
Thompson OBE BA MVB MRCVS - Small
animal practitioner Belfast
"There can be no
possible welfare justification for cosmetic
docking of dogs. It is an unnecessary mutilation
which serves no useful purpose for the
animal."
Darryl
Thorpe BVSc, MRCVS, Looe, Cornwall.
"I
qualified in 1973 & have
always found tail docking of puppies abhorrant-
when I opened my own surgery in 1982 I stopped
non therapeutic docking. I sold my surgery
in 2003 & now do locum
work locally. The law needs strengthening to
prevent non therapeutic tail docking plus making
it illegal to own or show docked dogs. The
Kennel Club should be thoroughly ashamed of
its allegiance with the CDB- I am incensed
every year when I see docked dogs winning at
Crufts. I am also going to write to my MP about
this subject. Good luck with
your campaign." Catherine
L Thorp BVM&S
Kathryn
Tovey BVSc MRCVS Tim Townsend
BVetMed MRCVS (The New Forest)
"
How can any
veterinary surgeon justify the mutilation of a sensitive
and expressive mammal in order.." Read More.
Toby Travis
BVSc MRCVS
PDSA, Romford.
Emma Travis BVSc MRCVS Steve Trickey
BVM&S MRCVS
Julie Turner
B.Vet. Med., MRCVS.
"I have been in practice over
20 years and when I was a young vet was coerced
into performing several dockings and dew claw removals
of litters of puppies. Eventually my policy was
to have the owner hold the pup and point out exactly
at which level they wanted this done. This left
several amateur breeders traumatised with the practice
and eventually my practice employers had another
vet perform this mutilation.
I have been asked many times if it is a painful
procedure so I liken it to cutting off a 3 day
old baby's finger. I also explain that it is only
recently that some medical experts have found out
that babies feel pain (re circumcision) even though
they may have stopped showing overt signs."
Best of luck!Joanna Turner
BVSc MRCVS
Colin Turtle
B.Vet.Med. M.R.C.V.S.
Dr.
med. vet. Uwe Gerecke,
MRCVS. Cornwall.
Nicole Van
Israël. DVM, CESOpht, CertSAM,
CertVC, Diplomate ECVIM-CA (Cardiology), MSc, MRCVS. Belgium
Elizabeth
Villiers BVSc DECVCP DipRCPath Cert SAM Cert
VR MRCVS
Lecturer in Clinical Pathology
Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine
Madingley Road
Cambridge
Natalie
Vine MA VetMB MRCVS
Bradley
Viner BVetMed MSc(VetGP) MRCVS
"100% behind
you. Keep up the good work."
Susan Waddell
BVMS MRCVS
Paul
Walden BVetMed MRCVS and Cathy Curtis BVetMed
DVD MRCVS The Chestnut Veterinary Group,
Ware , Herts.
"All of the vets at this practice are strongly
opposed to cosmetic tail docking."
Andrew
Wales PhD BVSc MRCVS Jack Walsby
Hon.F.R.C.V.S. Past president RCVS
"I fully
supprt the initiative, and have opposed for years and
banned it in my own practice some 30 years ago." Malcolm Walters BVSc MRCVS
Partner
Crossroads Veterinary Centre. High Wycombe
"Most breeds have their tails
docked because 'it has always been that way' and therefore
it is done out of habit or 'fear' that the puppies will
be rejected in one way or another. I support the statement
from the BVA."
Sheena Warman
BSc BVMS DSAM DipECVIM-CA MRCVS
University of Bristol
Laurence Webb
BVSc MRCVS
Midsomer Norton. Somerset. Peter
A Wedderburn BVM&S CertVR MRCVS
Karen Westcott
BVSc BSc MRCVS
"I would like to be added
to your list of vets who are against tail docking
for non-medical reasons, I consider then practice
a mutilation and am shocked the government have
not acted on this issue sooner." Frank Whaley BVM&S,
MRCVS, DVSM.
Jill Whaley BVM&S, MRCVS.
We wish to record our
full support for a total ban on the non-therapeutic
docking of dogs tails.
Charlotte Whatmough
BVetMed MRCVS
Natasha Watts
BVSc BSc MRCVS
Philippa Welsh
BVSc MRCVS
Richard Weston
"I am proud to say that in 28 years in practice
I have NEVER docked a tail,...." Read More
Sue Wheeler B.Vet
Med. M.R.C.V.S.
Miss M E T Williams
BVSc MRCVS
Charlotte Wills
BVM&S MRCVS
Tim Wilson BVSc
MRCVS - Bristol
David Whitaker
Dairy Herd Health & Productivity Service (DHHPS)
University of Edinburgh
"I applaud your initiative. I have
been against docking for most of my career and have
tried my small best in the veterinary press in the past
to get it outlawed. Good luck. The fact that I am a cow
person now doesn't mean that I don't care for dogs as much
- well nearly as much!" Alison
White BVMS CertWEL MRCVS
Robert
White-Adams BVSc MRCVS, Bristol Nat
Whitley, BVMS, PhD, CertVC, DACVIM, DECVIM, MRCVS
Davies Veterinary Specialists, Hertfordshire.
Miss M E T Williams BVSc
MRCVS
John
Williams MA VetMB CertVR FRCVS DipECVS
European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery
Rhian Williams BVSc MRCVS Vets
on the Park, Cheltenham. Ruth
Willis BVM&S DVC MRCVS
Onno
Wieringa BA VetMB MRCVS Andrew Wills
BVM&S CertSAO MRCVS
Toachim House Veterinary Surgery, Faversham,
Kent.
"Dogs look and functions so much better with an
expressive organ
like the tail, that it just seems crazy for the practice
of tail docking to
continue in a so-called humane society. I bet many breeders
who dock were
opposed to fox hunting, yet continue to ignore the welfare
of their own
charges. After all, ear cropping was outlawed over a
century ago; when will
tail docking (apparently originally performed by the
Romans to prevent
rabies) follow into the pages of history?"
Agnes C Winter
BVSc, DSHP, PhD, MRCVS, FRAgS
Head of Department of Veterinary Clinical Science
Veterinary Teaching Hospital Jonathan Wray BVSc DSAM MRCVS
SAM
WYLES BVSC
Bridgend WALES
David Yates BVSc MRCVS
Hospital Director. RSPCA Greater Manchester Animal Hospital
Mrs Suzanne M Young B.Sc., BVM &S, MRCVS Stefano
Zago MRCVS
Mill House Veterinary Surgery and Hospital,
King's Lynn.
Candice Zehnder MA VetMB GPCertSAS MRCVS
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