page_title: Docking (animal)
hierarchical_section_title: Docking (animal)
caption_attribution_description: English: A cropped version of the original, File:Two lambs rubber ring tail docking.jpg. Two lambs in a field in Romney Marsh, Kent in the process of having their tails docked by the rubber ring method. The rubber ring is tight enough to cut off blood flow to the lower portion of the lamb's tail, which will eventually atrophy and fall off. Tails are commonly docked in agriculture in order to aid in disease prevention and to reduce animal maintenance.
context_page_description: Docking is the intentional removal of part of an animal's tail or, sometimes, ears. The term cropping is more commonly used in reference to the cropping of ears, while docking more commonly—but not exclusively—refers to the tail. The term tailing is also commonly used. The term arises because the living flesh of the tail, from which the animal's tail hairs grow, commonly is known as the dock.
context_section_description: Docking is the intentional removal of part of an animal's tail or, sometimes, ears. The term cropping is more commonly  used in reference to the cropping of ears, while docking more commonly—but not exclusively—refers to the tail. The term tailing is also commonly used.  The term arises because the living flesh of the tail, from which the animal's tail hairs grow, commonly is known as the dock.
caption: Two lambs having their tails docked by the use of rubber rings for elastration.  The tight rubber rings block blood flow to the lower portion of the tail, which will atrophy and fall off.
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