An Oregon appeals court agreed that a couple must surgically lacerate their dogs’ vocal cords in a procedure known as “debarking” or “devocalization,” following complaint from neighbors that they have ...

After successfully fighting to end the practices of declawing in cats and ear cropping and tail docking in dogs, the B.C. SPCA is again calling on the College of Veterinarians of British Columbia ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Massachusetts on Wednesday will become the first state to ban the ...

Animal activists are up in arms about a surgical procedure called devocalization pet owners are using to get their dogs to quiet down. It’s done by surgically removing some of the animal’s vocal ...

Anyone who's ever owned a particularly chatty dog, or lived in the same building as one, knows that incessant barking can be a nuisance. While most owners take it upon themselves to teach their dogs ...

BOSTON — Massachusetts on Wednesday will become the first U.S. state to ban surgery that devocalizes dogs and cats, which many animal rights advocates see as a cruel and unnecessary procedure. Under ...

As The Oregonian first reported Wednesday, the Oregon Court of Appeals determined that the devocalization operations were necessary since the dogs’ owners had not done enough to quiet their pets from ...

There’s a huge online push to stop devocalization surgery on dogs. Basically, it stop dogs from excessive barking. Veterinarian, Dr. Gretchen Kassameyer from Cheyenne Mountain Animal Hospital ...

The average Massachusetts resident may not know this, but there is a huge legal debate happening on Capitol Hill at this very moment that ultimately affects the lives of every person living in the ...

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Do you ever get tired of hearing your mother talk? Would you pay for your mother to have her larynx cut? Sound inhumane? Well, that’s what some people do to their meowing cats and barking dogs. Even ...