I Asked Our Community What They Think Is Not Illegal But Should Be, 45 Responded

And breeding dogs that Can bearly breathe.

It's animal abuse, and it's also horrid.

It's illegal in NZ and enforced

It is illegal in a the U.K. and many other countries

I have Pit bulls & I see sooo many with clipped ears. Makes me mad. Mine have their perfect ears intact. If a dog wants to look aggressive, they pin their own ears back.

Removing the claws of a cat is barbaric! Imagine someone pulling off your fingernails and the nail bed remains sore for the rest of your life?!?!!?

It illegal in most places are the biggest defenders of this practice is Kennel Clubs because of "breed standards." In some places they have exceptions to this law for working dogs, like sheep or herding dogs, to decrease more serious injuries from predators.

Absolutely

Declawing cats too. The us is one of the only countries left that doesn't outlaw it outright and it pisses me off.

that is LEGAL?!?!?!

It's mentioned in Coran , search Google slitting ears cattle

Many owners that remove tails only do it in areas where dog fighting is prevalent, and they do it because a dog has less balance without a tail and can't be used to fight. Or do I've heard. They normally only do it even they're a couple days old at most because most of the blood vessels haven't formed yet and the nerves are minimal to non-existent. Ear clipping is bad though.

It is absolutely awful. I remember my friend telling me their dad got their ears clipped (Dobermans) and I had to look into why. There's no benefit, no point. He ended being horrible to the dogs and sees another dog they got from his ex girlfriend (on and off, hopefully forever off now) as an idiot and insulting her a lot. It's so awful. Purely cosmetic surgeries shouldn't be put on animals. It's one thing since humans can decide themselves (even if the plastic surgery industry is quite awful, for purely cosmetic purposes plastic surgery), but animals really can't. And with it having no benefit, it serves no point.

yeah i totally agree! we have a boxer with a cut tail, and unfortunately we were not able to get him before they clipped it. luckily, his ears aren’t clipped. if he had a full length tail, our legs would have scars! (not supporting cutting no anything on a dog)

Some big accounts on IG and TT have dogs with cropped ears (Dog about 2yo) . When I comment about the cropping, my comments get deleted. So yeah, he's an major a*hole to this Dobers.

Illegal in my country.

Agreed. I hate it.

Funny how puppies make the cut but we still circumcise boys and that's just 'OK'. Because it 'looks good'? Seriously? Anyone doing this should be jailed.

Many hunting dog breeds have their tails docked at birth because when they are running after birds etc. in thick undergrowth, and a long tail can get caught on things and cause a lot of damage. But for cosmetic purposes, I absolutely agree that this is a bad practice.

My dog had her tail cut off before I got her. The purpose was that they though her tail was going to get stepped on if they left it... I guess that makes sense, but I'm not sure how careless you'd have to be

Here in Finland it's illegal. I don't understand why in the mightly country of the Brave and Free it's still legal. But actually even worse, I think, is declawing cats and removing vocal cords from dogs. THAT is animal abuse and every person that does that to an animal, should lose their fingers and vocal cords too.

Absolutely! It’s Illegal in Australia

My dog was born with malformed tail bones. They would break if she wagged her tail too hard. We had her tail removed after her first break (banged her tail against a table and cried in pain). Her little tail nub is super cute when she wiggles is though.

Declawing cats

Most people that do it do it because they live in areas where people steal dogs for fighting, and a dog with a removed tail has worse balance and can't fight. They only do it when they're very new puppies (couple days at most) because the vessels and nerves have hardly formed and pain/bleeding is minimal to non-existent. Ear clipping is pointless though.

Yes! And declawing cats!

It is illegal in every other country other than the USA. For goodness sakes America, catch up with us!

This

Or removing horses tails. So cruel

It is illegal in Brazil

Docking tails was not originally for cosmetic purposes. It was intended for breeds that are prone to breaking their tails, to prevent injury as an adult. (Much less painful when they are days old and the cartilage is still soft)

It's illegal in South Africa

Or eating animals for selfish purposes.

It is not stupid, it is downright disgusting and cruel, seems to be an American thing, such an advanced country

I know that some cow dogs have the tails bobbed so the cow isn’t going to step on it and hurt the dog. But I totally agree you shouldn’t do it for cosmetic purposes, it’s just so wrong on so many levels

In a similar vein - as a non-American - its always struck me as kinda odd (abusive?) how standard it is for American males to be mutilated... ahem, I mean... circumcised way before they are able to give consent, when there is no reasonable medical requirement (as long as a man has a good hygiene regime, the 'cleanliness' line o thinking doesn't hold much weight).

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The tail part, sure, but most people get ears docked to prevent infection and it doesn't really cause any issues or pain after it's done.

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I disagree we do a lot of things to animals we force them to breed and we force them to get fixed those things should be animal abuse too but probably about half of you get your animals fixed but they have no say so in that