there are increased reports of cropped dogs — with six in ten small animal that saying that they have seen cropped dogs in the last year, begging the question of not only increased imports, but also the horrific concept of the cropping being done illicitly here in the uk. celebrities and people in public life have a role to play here by not endorsing or promoting the ownership of cropped dogs. also in culture and media, we need to be careful. one of my favourite comes as disney pixar�*s "up", a touching and funny film cleaning the inspired phrase to describe a veterinary buster collar as the "cone of shame". but take a closer look at one of the dobermans in the cartoon film and it looks like it's years have been cropped and splintered. these subtle images normalise something in our psyches that we should be calling out is unacceptable. 0ne mp described using shark fins in soup as "toe—curling barbarism".