Leonard - RIP
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Banfield, The Pet Hospital, the nation's largest network of animal hospitals, has announced it will no longer do tail docking, ear cropping or devocalization on dogs.Headquartered in Portland, Ore., Banfield is the nation's largest general veterinary practice, with more than 730 hospitals and 2,000 veterinarians nationwide.Devocalization, or de-barking, is a rare procedure and has long been controversial. It involves the full or partial removal of a dog's vocal chords to keep it from barking.
Now if only they'd stop pushing declawing.
Hmmm... the date on that article is 7-30-09, updated 8-12-09.
Weird. I was reading that at a recent post on a blog. Maybe they didn't notice that it was a really old story?