Mutilation from tree topping can be seen on South Main Street, Fallbrook. Valley News/Roger Boddaert photo
Roger BoddaertSpecial to the Valley NewsThe topping and butchering of trees in any community is like a plague from time to time. This destructive pruning practice of cutting back large branches to stubs leaves wounds that invite bugs, decay and disease that can enter a tree.When the general public sees more and more of this indiscriminate cutting of trees, it becomes acceptable, and it definitely is not.Topping can destroy a tree's natural shape, its beauty and grace. It saddens me for I know that people pay top dollar to have this done to their trees but don’t realize the long range ramifications that can follow after a tree has been mutilated.Topping of trees is sometimes called heading, stubbing and hat-racking. Trees have a life span like you and I and should be c
