Anheuser-Busch Stops Docking Tails of Budweiser Clydesdales Following Backlash
- Anheuser-Busch discontinued the controversial practice of tail docking on its Clydesdale horses earlier this year.
- Animal rights groups, especially PETA, campaigned against tail docking, calling it cruel and unnecessary.
- Tail docking is now illegal in several U.S. states and countries where Anheuser-Busch operates.
- Anheuser-Busch obtained an animal welfare certification for its Clydesdale horses and dalmatian dogs.
- PETA and other activists welcomed Anheuser-Busch's decision to end tail docking of the iconic Budweiser Clydesdales.