Horses With Docked Tails. Tail docking in horses is the practice of shortening the tail (surgically or non-surgically) by removing part of the bony vertebrae. The procedure is controversial and is. Horses may display tail movements when in herd (for review of social organisation, see Linklater et al., 1999; Linklater, 2000) or in the presence of a human, body. From an evolutionary point of view, if the mare’s tail could actually induce severe lesions, (1) horses, or at least mares, would be at present naturally docked or.
Docking—Amputation of the distal part of the boney part of the tail.3 A horse’s tail contains 15 to 21 vertebrae, docking typically leaves a tail approximately 15 cm (6 inches) long.1,2 In most.
Chestnut Heartbeats: Docking Horses' Tails
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