Rocky wrote:

Char said in
rec.pets.dogs.health:


Great news for dogs: Banfield, the nation's largest network
of animal hospitals, with more than 730 hospitals and 2,000
veterinarians nationwide, has just announced that it will
no longer dock dogs' tails, crop their ears, or remove
their vocal cords--a cruel procedure known as
devocalization, or de-barking!


So, my friend's mother will go somewhere else for debarking so
that her Sheltie can stay with her at the rest home.

You are confusing animal rights vs. their welfare.


Also, yo, they do not remove the dog's vocal cords. If Banfield vets
don't know that then they certainly don't need to be doing the procedure.