• Font Size    
E-mail

Close Window E-mail This Page

Vets Express Concern About 'Debarking' Plans

Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

Send E-mail

   Print     Share +   
Mar 27, 2006 12:16 pm US/Central

Vets Express Concern About 'Debarking' Plans

Minneapolis (AP) ― Some veterinarians are voicing concerns about plans to "de-bark" some of the dogs at a proposed commercial dog-breeding kennel in central Minnesota.

Debarking involves surgically altering a dog's vocal cords.

The man proposing the 600-dog breeding kennel in Morrison County says he plans to debark a small number of the dogs he'll keep outside -- and he says it would be done humanely.

But the executive director of the Minnesota Board of Veterinary Medicine says there's no reason to ever debark a dog.

John King says the process is -- in his words -- "simply for the benefit of the owner."

(© 2006 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

© MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.