Sentences with phrase «painful tail docking»

During this first visit, their veterinarian pointed out that Esther had a short tail — a common characteristic of farmed pigs who have gone through a painful tail docking process whereby a portion of their tails are cut off with a knife or pliers often without anesthesia.

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She investigates how behavior and physiology of cattle change in response to farming practices that may affect animal welfare, such as painful procedures (e.g., tail docking, disbudding, branding), management decisions (e.g., stocking density), and environmental conditions (e.g., effects of weather and mitigation strategies; comfort of lying and standing surfaces).

You will also learn that both tail docking (done before pain receptors are fully developed) and ear cropping (done under general anesthesia) are neither painful nor cruel..

Furthermore, it specifically encourages painful mutilations such as ear - cropping and tail - docking.

In addition, I think if we can educate the public on how this procedure is accomplished, and how painful it is to the newborns, people would choose not to purchase puppies with docked tails.»

If enacted, the bill would ban the painful and unnecessary tail docking of dairy cows.

Dogs are subjected to painful ear cropping and tail docking in order to conform to «breed standards.»