Ear and tail cropping in dogs has always started debates among dog lovers, vets, and breeders. For some people, this practice makes a dog look strong, sharp, or neat. For others, it is nothing more ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Officials with Richmond Animal Care and Control (RACC) are urging the public to help them track down the person or people who are responsible for dozens of illegal and painful ...

Two dying puppies dropped off at a Philadelphia animal hospital led to a Pennsylvania SPCA investigation that rescued 12 more dogs from two city properties, at one of which animals were undergoing ...

Newsweek has spoken to the breeder who gave Simone Biles a Doberman Pinscher puppy with cropped ears and a docked tail.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A former animal control officer in Indianapolis is accused of illegally cropping the ears of multiple dogs. Marion County prosecutors have charged Ashley Chastain with three counts ...

Dogs that have undergone medical procedures to alter the shape of their ears or the length of their tails seem to acquire a certain combative appearance and there is some new data which suggests that ...

It seems that every sport, specialty, or interest group eventually develops its own language to describe the things that are important to them. The world of dogs is no different. For example, when ...