Should people be allowed to devocalize their pets?
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When Sue Perry adopted her dog Porter two and a half years ago from a rescue group, she noticed he had a hoarse, raspy bark. Her veterinarian confirmed the dog had been devocalized. "He really has trouble breathing even on a very short walk, and he coughs," Perry told CBSNews.com. "Before I really knew anything about this, they thought he had kennel cough. He gags so I have to monitor him closely when he is eating his food, and I have to water it down." "It's horrible, it's horrific," she said. "Don't do it. Devocalization should never be an option."And now she has a petition get the American Veterinary Medical Association to male sure it's never an option. Devocalization, or ventriculocordectomy, is a non-therapeutic surgical procedure that is undertaken to stop a pet from making loud noises, according to the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association.
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Dr. Alex Klein
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| 0.074773 | "As far as I can see, there are no benefits to this surgery," Dr. Alex Klein, a veterinarian with the North Shore Animal League, said |
| -0.149603 | "The consequences are the animal is in chronic pain, and they can't breathe and can't eat well," Klein explained. ... |
| -0.112331 | "The consequences are the animal is in chronic pain, and they can't breathe and can't eat well," Klein explained. "Then, the owners say they don't want the animal anymore and dump it." |
| -0.168674 | "The whole thing boils down to personal responsibility," Klein said. ... |
| -0.0788107 | "The whole thing boils down to personal responsibility," Klein said. "If you are going to get a dog that barks, the answer is not to cut its vocal chords out. You work with a trainer. This doesn't really need to be on the list of things to do." |
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Sue Perry
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| -0.285397 | "He really has trouble breathing even on a very short walk, and he coughs," Perry told ... |
| -0.227043 | "He really has trouble breathing even on a very short walk, and he coughs," Perry told CBSNews.com. "Before I really knew anything about this, they thought he had kennel cough. He gags so I have to monitor him closely when he is eating his food, and I have to water it down." |
| -0.406609 | "It's horrible, it's horrific," she said. ... |
| -0.18158 | "It's horrible, it's horrific," she said. "Don't do it. Devocalization should never be an option." |
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Organization: American Veterinary Medical Association
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Should people be allowed to devocalize their pets?
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Petition on change.org calls for American vets to ban the surgical procedure that remove's a dog's bark
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