Quote Originally Posted by Cataholic
I wonder....if other countries (or, is it just the land down under?) are beginning to ban cropping of ears/tails....isn't there a reason for it?
According to one site that listed countries who have banned cropping and/or docking, here is a list of some: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Israel, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, South Africa (From 2007, vets will not be permitted to dock), and Virgin Islands.

More are being added all the time. California is working to ban the practice in California. More on that here: http://www.thepetprofessor.com/press/press.aspx?id=1807

Here's another informative link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docking

"The tradition of docking dogs originates in the old Roman empire where worms in the tail of the dog were thought to cause rabies. This belief led to the tradition of cutting off the tail as a preventive measure."