Guest guest Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 Dear Friends, I've seen a Tv clipping showing dog owners in a south chinese town getting their Pet Dogs' vocal cords removed to avoid " disturbing the neighbours " .Can any body give some inputs?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Dear Debasis, The removal of the vocal chords of dogs - or debarking as animal using researchers used to refer to it earlier - by pet owners is probably the stupidest thing a dog owner can do. Dogs are social animals and use their vocal chords to communicate with people and other dogs. It is illegal in India since it comes under mutilation and no self-respecting animal using scientist would .do it today. The pet owners who do this would probably be better advised to get a robot dog. S. Chinny Krishna debasischak [debasischak] Friday, January 27, 2006 9:10 AM aapn Pet Dogs' vocal cords removed Dear Friends, I've seen a Tv clipping showing dog owners in a south chinese town getting their Pet Dogs' vocal cords removed to avoid " disturbing the neighbours " .Can any body give some inputs?! For more information on Asian animal issues, please use the search feature on the AAPN website: http://www.aapn.org/ or search the list archives at: aapn Please feel free to send any relevant news or comments to the list at aapn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 Dear all I believe that this practise is still legal in some parts of Australia. I would have never thought it so in a supposed " developed " country. However I have a friend who is a vet nurse in Sydney and she told me that someone brought in an Alaskan Malamute the other week who had collapsed. For those of you that dont know, Sydney is rather hot and humid at this time of year, and an Alaskan Malamute is like a Husky but larger and furrier (and as its name suggests, designed to live in snowy icy climates). This dog had been debarked - therefore as its temperature rose and rose from being (we can only assume) in an unshaded area without adequate water - it was unable to call for help or indicate its distress. By the time this dog collapsed, its temperature had risen so high as to start to breakdown its brain. The brain was decomposing when it arrived at the vet. Do you think these people will be prosecuted? No. What makes me really angry - is how are we meant to carry on the work we are trying to do in other countries - for example working with dog colonies in Developing countries where people cant afford to feed themselves, when things like this happen in a rich suburb of Sydney to people who have enough money to live there and enough money to purchase and debark a big dog. I think if you are going to have a dog and have it debarked - you may as well also have it killed and stuffed. The dog will be happier and the owner will get what they obviously want: something that looks like a dog but doesnt behave like one. Sonja Gibbon A very angry animal carer in Sydney On 1/28/06, Dr.Chinny Krishna <drkrishna wrote: > > Dear Debasis, > > The removal of the vocal chords of dogs - or debarking as animal using > researchers used to refer to it earlier - > by pet owners is probably the stupidest thing a dog owner can do. Dogs are > social animals and use their > vocal chords to communicate with people and other dogs. > > It is illegal in India since it comes under mutilation and no > self-respecting animal using scientist would .do it today. > The pet owners who do this would probably be better advised to get a robot > dog. > > S. Chinny Krishna > > > debasischak [debasischak] > Friday, January 27, 2006 9:10 AM > aapn > Pet Dogs' vocal cords removed > > Dear Friends, > I've seen a Tv clipping showing dog owners in a south chinese town getting > their Pet Dogs' vocal cords removed to avoid " disturbing the > neighbours " .Can > any body give some inputs?! For more information on Asian animal issues, please use the search feature > on the AAPN website: http://www.aapn.org/ or search the list archives at: > aapn > Please feel free to send any relevant news or comments to the list at > aapn > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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