▲ 219 ▼ Ontario could ban declawing cats, debarking dogs under new regulations | CBC News (www.cbc.ca) submitted 10 months ago by slothrop@lemmy.ca to c/cat@lemmy.world 34 comments fedilink hide all child comments also ear cropping
[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 47 points 10 months ago (7 children) Let’s add tail dock and human circumcision to the list permalink fedilink source hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] seathru 28 points 10 months ago* (6 children) plus ear clipping. Not like marking trap and releases, but "I want my doggo to have pointy ears!" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 15 points 10 months ago (5 children) Ok, but let’s explicitly allow human ear clipping … so we can have pointy elf ears. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago (3 children) Sure the difference here is the ability to consent permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] stephen01king@piefed.zip 3 points 10 months ago (2 children) Then why is circumcision not allowed? Is it ecause they're mostly done to kids? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dingus@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago* Pretty sure most people are only against circumcision for infants who do not consent. No one is talking about those with a medical need. I get surgically removed foreskins every day at my work, but they are elective procedures by those who can consent for a relatively "common" condition called phimosis. permalink fedilink source parent [–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago Imo circumcision should not be allowed for anything but medical necessity, unless you are age of majority and decide to have the procedure permalink fedilink source parent [–] seathru 7 points 10 months ago Oh, I would never get in the way of that! I think the cutoff should be when the entity getting their ears clipped can/can't give explicit consent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] seathru 28 points 10 months ago* (6 children) plus ear clipping. Not like marking trap and releases, but "I want my doggo to have pointy ears!" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 15 points 10 months ago (5 children) Ok, but let’s explicitly allow human ear clipping … so we can have pointy elf ears. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago (3 children) Sure the difference here is the ability to consent permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] stephen01king@piefed.zip 3 points 10 months ago (2 children) Then why is circumcision not allowed? Is it ecause they're mostly done to kids? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dingus@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago* Pretty sure most people are only against circumcision for infants who do not consent. No one is talking about those with a medical need. I get surgically removed foreskins every day at my work, but they are elective procedures by those who can consent for a relatively "common" condition called phimosis. permalink fedilink source parent [–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago Imo circumcision should not be allowed for anything but medical necessity, unless you are age of majority and decide to have the procedure permalink fedilink source parent [–] seathru 7 points 10 months ago Oh, I would never get in the way of that! I think the cutoff should be when the entity getting their ears clipped can/can't give explicit consent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 15 points 10 months ago (5 children) Ok, but let’s explicitly allow human ear clipping … so we can have pointy elf ears. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago (3 children) Sure the difference here is the ability to consent permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] stephen01king@piefed.zip 3 points 10 months ago (2 children) Then why is circumcision not allowed? Is it ecause they're mostly done to kids? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dingus@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago* Pretty sure most people are only against circumcision for infants who do not consent. No one is talking about those with a medical need. I get surgically removed foreskins every day at my work, but they are elective procedures by those who can consent for a relatively "common" condition called phimosis. permalink fedilink source parent [–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago Imo circumcision should not be allowed for anything but medical necessity, unless you are age of majority and decide to have the procedure permalink fedilink source parent [–] seathru 7 points 10 months ago Oh, I would never get in the way of that! I think the cutoff should be when the entity getting their ears clipped can/can't give explicit consent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago (3 children) Sure the difference here is the ability to consent permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] stephen01king@piefed.zip 3 points 10 months ago (2 children) Then why is circumcision not allowed? Is it ecause they're mostly done to kids? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dingus@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago* Pretty sure most people are only against circumcision for infants who do not consent. No one is talking about those with a medical need. I get surgically removed foreskins every day at my work, but they are elective procedures by those who can consent for a relatively "common" condition called phimosis. permalink fedilink source parent [–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago Imo circumcision should not be allowed for anything but medical necessity, unless you are age of majority and decide to have the procedure permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stephen01king@piefed.zip 3 points 10 months ago (2 children) Then why is circumcision not allowed? Is it ecause they're mostly done to kids? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dingus@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago* Pretty sure most people are only against circumcision for infants who do not consent. No one is talking about those with a medical need. I get surgically removed foreskins every day at my work, but they are elective procedures by those who can consent for a relatively "common" condition called phimosis. permalink fedilink source parent [–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago Imo circumcision should not be allowed for anything but medical necessity, unless you are age of majority and decide to have the procedure permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dingus@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago* Pretty sure most people are only against circumcision for infants who do not consent. No one is talking about those with a medical need. I get surgically removed foreskins every day at my work, but they are elective procedures by those who can consent for a relatively "common" condition called phimosis. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago Imo circumcision should not be allowed for anything but medical necessity, unless you are age of majority and decide to have the procedure permalink fedilink source parent
[–] seathru 7 points 10 months ago Oh, I would never get in the way of that! I think the cutoff should be when the entity getting their ears clipped can/can't give explicit consent. permalink fedilink source parent