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Our office has received copies of your letter to people who have written to you expressing their concerns. There are no nerve endings in the tip of the bill. Please be aware that the question of whether the beaks and bills of birds contain nerve endings to the tip has long been settled. The hot knife blade used in debeaking cuts through this complex horn, bone and sensitive tissue causing severe pain. I am enclosing a fact sheet about the debeaking of birds, which explains the pain and suffering caused by this operation.