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- From: stormy435 <stormy435@xxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:00:18 -0800
PETA Urges AKC to Take Action to Stop Tail-Docking, Ear-Cropping,
 Genetic
Defects 

For Immediate Release:
 December 4,
2008

Contact:
Lindsay Rajt 757-622-7382

Raleigh, N.C. -- In the
wake of the American Veterinary Medical
 Association's recent announcement
that it condemns cropping the ears
 and docking the tails of dogs as breed
standards, PETA has sent an 
urgent letter to American Kennel Club (AKC)
President and CEO Dennis
 Sprung urging him to ban these painful mutilations.
PETA is also 
calling on the AKC to alter breed standards in order to
discourage 
breeding dogs for traits that cause debilitating health
problems
(such as long ears which are prone to infection) and genetic
defects
 that can result in painful skin conditions, bone problems, and heart

failure, among many other problems. 

In its letter, PETA points out
that the AKC's British counterpart,
 The Kennel Club, is currently examining
and revising standards for
209 breeds and has already changed the breed
standard for Pekingese 
dogs, whose flat faces often cause breathing problems
and make the
 animals prone to over heating.

 "Breed standards that
encourage dogs' ears and tails to be chopped 
off have already caused enough
suffering," says PETA Vice President
 Daphna Nachminovitch. "When breeders
attempt to create exact
 replicas within breeds, they help perpetuate
inherited diseases that
 doom dogs to a lifetime of suffering and their
guardians to an
 avalanche of vet bills. "

For more information and to
view the letter, please visit PETA's 
blog.
http://www.peta.org/mc/NewsItem.asp?id303
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