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Cattle, sheep, and goats are sometimes dehorned [1] [2] for economic and safety reasons. Disbudding is a different process with similar results; it cauterizes and thus destroys horn buds before they have grown into horns. Disbudding is commonly performed early in an animal's life, as are other procedures such as docking and castration. In some ...
Such procedures have been grouped together under the technical term 'mutilatory' by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in a report describing the reasons for their being conducted and their welfare consequences, [1] and by others. [2] [3] The term mutilatory generally connotes some form of disfigurement or even maiming. There are multiple ...
Other common elective surgical procedures in the United States are declawing in cats (onychectomy), ear-cropping in dogs, tail docking in dogs, horses, and dairy cattle, and livestock dehorning in cattle, sheep, and goats. These procedures have been controversial and recently debated among breeders, veterinary organizations, and animal welfare ...
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Horned Holsteins require dehorning at a few months of age to prevent growth of horns which can pose a threat to farmers and cattle handlers. Dehorning costs about $2 per calf. [13] Holsteins with horns can also be more aggressive to fellow cows and cause severe injury to other cows within proximity.
The country of Lithuania has banned the practice due to their belief that the procedure is inhumane. [6] There is some evidence that elastration is more painful if carried out on older animals, [7] although much of the immediate pain of application can be prevented by injection of local anaesthesia into the scrotal neck and testicles. [8]
Youth Services International confronted a potentially expensive situation. It was early 2004, only three months into the private prison company’s $9.5 million contract to run Thompson Academy, a juvenile prison in Florida, and already the facility had become a scene of documented violence and neglect.
Holstein cattle, Friesian cattle: ... with animal welfare concerns surrounding the practice of dehorning, ... began registry procedures in 1964 in the United States. ...