My name is Meaghan Thomas and I live in Wilmington, North Carolina. I have recently adopted an adorable 7 year old Yorkie boy who is the sweetest pup ever. His name is CeCe and he has come from a very rough family background.
Before I begin our story.. Do you have any pets? If so, go ahead and grab your phone and take a quick look at your babies picture.
My sweet CeCe came from a family who was... how can I put this nicely...the devil! He never had a safe place to call home since day 1 of his little life.

It was a women and her husband and their grand children came to visit every now and then and they all were awful to him. The husband was the worst of them all.

Recently, this past October of 2020 they took CeCe to the vet to have 5 teeth pulled. Before the procedure the women asked.. while he is under can you please DEBARK him?! His bark is annoying my husband!

Now when CeCe barks it is not his all natural god given normal bark, it’s quieter then it should be. 
Taking away a dogs vocal cords of any kind is similar to punishing a bird for singing. 

I cringe and tear up every time I tell this story and I am starting to as I write this and snuggle my sweet boy.

My son never had a voice in reality to begin with and they still continued to take it away from him.
They gave up CeCe to his wonderful foster family this past October of 2020. He has been with me his now forever mama since January 4th and we have been inseparable ever since. I am happy to say that CeCe passed his physical last week and is a very healthy boy!

He is the sweetest boy in the whole world with nothing but love to give.Thankfully, he no longer is in any pain but this procedure was extremely painful for him. It can also cause difficulties with future breathing for some dogs who have it.
With all that being said... I am writing you to ask... no begging you to please ban debarking of dogs in our country. 
Debarking is banned all over the United Kingdom and currently in only two states in the United States. Those states are Massachusetts and New Jersey.
Please, please, please let’s add our beautiful country The United States of America to be next to step up and ban this horrid act that people put our fur babies through. 
Please join me and CeCe in wanting to put a stop to animal cruelty. CeCe knows now he’s safe and he has a voice again. CeCe would do anything to be able to make sure what happened to him won’t happen again to any other of his fellow furry friends.

All our love and paws
Meaghan and CeCe Thomas