Surge in plastic surgery for pets

[Jazzy]

Nose jobs and facelifts were once the preserve of Hollywood A-listers and ageing celebrities. However new figures show that Britons are spending millions of pounds a year on plastic surgery for their pets.



According to the UK’s largest pet insurance provider, claims worth £1.5m were paid out in 2010 for nose surgery on cats and dogs, an increase of 25 per cent over the last three years.



Petplan also paid out over £1m for eye-lid lifts on young dogs and almost a quarter of a million pounds for dental work on household pets.



The company said that the rise in cosmetic surgery allows animals to live “healthier and more active lives”.



The trend for cosmetic surgery on pets started in the US, where all kinds of treatments have been devised for animals. Chin-lifts among dogs became popular in the 1990s in order to curb excessive drooling. In the mid-1980s ‘Neuticles’ were invented; testicular implants that were designed to give neutered pets a more masculine look.



Rest of article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8704485/Surge-in-plastic-surgery-for-pets.html



What are your thoughts on this?

 

[Chatsie]

I would say the same as I say for human cosmetic surgery,

unless it's for a justifiable reason, I wouldn't do it.



Neuticles, just to make a dog look more masculine is not

what I would call a 'justifiable' reason.

 

[Evil Eye]

Looks like some of it actually serves some purpose (spending money on their teeth doesn't seem like a bad thing), but as Chatsie said, those neuticles are kinda useless.