Ear and tail docking involve surgically removing part of a dog’s ears or tail. This practice, which has been around for centuries, originally aimed to prevent injuries in hunting and working dogs.

Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2022. Q: Our Rottweiler has a docked tail, as do many dogs in the U.S. While ...

Anheuser-Busch will no longer cut the tails off their iconic Clydesdale horses after facing pressure from animal rights activists. The company announced Wednesday it is ending a practice known as tail ...

Animal rights activists are celebrating an announcement from Anheuser-Busch that says it has discontinued equine tail docking. The beer company, known for its famous Clydesdales, said it stopped the ...