This makes me sick, really, really sick.

In my opinion anyone who takes their animal for debarking surgery, unless it is to save that animal from a medical condition, should be relieved of that animal. Or more correctly the animal should be relieved of them. I feel the same about surgery to remove a cat's claws, a dog's tail or part of a dog's ears.
Many horses used by matadors in the bull fighting industry are also de-voiced so that if they panic or are injured the crowd will not be "upset" by the noise of the horse under stress and terror. Is this O.K?

I constantly say on this board that a dog has a right to be treated like a dog. Taking away it's means of communication, be it tail, ears or voice is abusive in the extreme. There is, quite simply, no justification.

Electronic collars are only a step away, a large step, but only a step. They are very dangerous when left on unsupervised animals and even more so when supervised by people with little or no understanding of the animal.

I think I have made my feelings and beliefs clear so I will stop, although I am forcing myself to do so. For people to even be allowed to do this to their animals, let alone consider it, is criminal.