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Anheuser-Busch says it will no longer amputate the tails of Budweiser's Clydesdales

The beermaker says it will end the practice known as tail docking after it came under pressure by animal rights group PETA.
The Budweiser Clydesdale horses appear outside the site of a 2016 Presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.

Anheuser-Busch says it will end the practice of amputating the tails of its signature Budweiser Clydesdale horses, following a pressure campaign from the animal rights group PETA.

The beer company said the practice of equine tail docking was discontinued earlier this year, according to a statement from an Anheuser-Busch spokesperson.

PETA had earlier this year criticizing the beermaker's practices, including — a sharp rebuke to Budweiser's decades-spanning custom of running Super Bowl ads featuring the .

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