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The Longmont Times-Call editorial: Time to end dog ear-cropping, tail-docking

By ERIN PRATER 06/08/2017 | updated 8 years ago

We live in a society where it’s not uncommon for people to go under the knife to change their noses, their breasts or other body parts.

But the people who undergo those surgeries get to make that choice.

Pets don’t get to make such choices for themselves, yet some dog breeds have their tails or ears surgically altered in the goal of conforming to an artificial breed standard.

It’s a practice more and more people frown upon.

Read more at The Longmont Times-Call.

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