See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Barking is normal behavior for dogs and an important means of ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. One woman has begun a campaign to end the practice of dog debarking ...

Cats scratch and dogs bark. Is declawing or debarking the answer? Nearly 60 percent of American pet owners, including 55 percent of cat owners, say it is OK to have a cat declawed, but only 8 percent ...

An Oregon appeals court agreed that a couple must surgically lacerate their dogs’ vocal cords in a procedure known as “debarking” or “devocalization,” following complaint from neighbors that they have ...

As The Oregonian first reported Wednesday, the Oregon Court of Appeals determined that the devocalization operations were necessary since the dogs’ owners had not done enough to quiet their pets from ...

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (CBS4) - Dog debarking surgery is being performed at animal hospitals across the country, including Colorado, but at least one veterinarian told CBS4 it is a touchy issue. Castle ...

A man who offered to silence dogs by cutting their vocal cords in southwest China has been ordered to stop after photos of the bloody procedures were released online. The man, who claimed to be an ...