Stop Docking & Cropping

The amputation of tails and ears are still fairly common in the United States. In most every other country in the world these practices do not occur or have been banned. What is docking and cropping and why is it still being done with such regularity here in the United States?  Are there any benefits? How often do injuries of tails and ears actually occur? 

Don't judge the title alone. Instead, listen to the podcast in which I spent months pulling together data and studies to educate individuals on this topic.