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Teeth clipping in pigs is a management practice in which the sharp tips of newborn piglets' teeth are trimmed or filed to reduce the risk of injury to sows during nursing and minimize aggression-related injuries among piglets. Piglets are born with erupted teeth, in order to avoid sow teat injury and damage between piglets, some farms clip ...
Tail of a pig which has been bitten. Tail biting in pigs is an abnormal behavior whereby a pig uses its teeth to bite, chew or orally manipulate another pigs's tail. [1] Tail biting is used to describe a range in severity from light manipulation of the tail to physically harming the tail, causing infection, amputation or even harming areas surrounding the tail.
Docking is the intentional removal of part of an animal's tail or, sometimes, ears.The term cropping is more commonly used in reference to the cropping of ears, while docking more commonly—but not exclusively—refers to the tail; the term tailing is used, also.
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Proper care of piglets by a mother gilt or sow depends on sanitary conditions and a comfortable environment. Savaging is a term used in the study of ethology that refers to aggressive behaviour displayed by the mother towards the offspring.
This is the devastating reality for so many dogs. Even in the best situations, shelters can be hard environments for dogs to live in.
To my mind, your title of "Common Animal Mutilation Procedures" infers the primary reason for the procedure is to mutilate the animal. This is not always the case, for example, teeth-clipping piglets is done to reduce the injuries the piglets cause to each other and to the sows teats.DrChrissy 18:10, 21 June 2012 (UTC)