Best Friends is opposed to the practice of debarking of dogs and asserts that it should never be used as a method of convenience for owners. (bestfriends.org)
Procedures such as ear cropping, tail docking, or debarking in dogs, or declawing in cats are unacceptable because of the suffering and disfigurement they cause an animal are not offset by any benefits to the animal. (miniatureschnauzer.ca)
Devocalization, also known as debarking or bark softening, is an invasive surgical procedure called a ventriculocordectomy. (onegreenplanet.org)