Police learned of the surgeries after a dog owner took his dog to an animal hospital which alerted the Arizona Humane Society ...

A man is accused of animal abuse after 16 dogs were rescued from a west Phoenix garage. Authorities say he was allegedly ...

A west Phoenix man is accused of animal abuse charges after authorities say they found 16 dogs in his garage, where he was ...

At one time, dogs weren’t pets. Instead, they had jobs and consequently had a docked tail. Dogs worked on farms and in the military and helped with hunting, fighting, ratting, and baiting.

The dogs ears were cropped and tails docked by a person operating out the basement of the home in about five miles away on the 4700 block of B Street in Feltonville, he said.

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Ear and tail docking involve surgically removing part of a dog’s ears or tail. This practice, which has been around for centuries, originally aimed to prevent injuries in hunting and working dogs.

The practice known as tail docking artificially shortens a horse's tail. Budweiser says it has stopped the practice on its signature Clydesdales, seen here in 2012. David J. Phillip/AP hide caption ...

The beermaker says it will end the practice known as tail docking after it came under pressure by animal rights group PETA. Anheuser-Busch says it will no longer amputate the tails of Budweiser's ...