::::Drawing the wrath of the animal rights movement isn't a problem if you can back up the title choice with policy. What do the reliable sources call these procedures, broadly? The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1986 used "mutilations" to cover everything from spaying/vasectomy to branding and ear croppingand discussed the term as problematic. ASPCA has used the term elective for many of these procedures as has the AVMA. "Elective [name of procedure]" is commonly used in the medical literature.. If If the purpose of the article is to give a NPOV overview of a topic, worrying about the response from a particular vocal, but fringe, population is counter-productive. The issue is completely overcome if there are a multitude of sources to back up the title choice. The article body can discuss how various groups describe these procedures, but the title should be based on the available reliable sources and as simple and neutral as possible. — ''''