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COMMENT ON NEWS: This is obviously great news. Even if it is a single veterinary clinic in Fargo, USA which has decided to stop declawing cats, it is progress towards the eventual cessation of this discredited operation in North America. One day no veterinary clinics will perform the operation. The sooner that day arrives …
This is more good news from Canada with respect to domestic cat health and welfare. The Newfoundland and Labrador College of Veterinarians passed a resolution that their members will no longer perform cat declawing from the beginning of next year. This is in line with a very strong trend in Canada to rapidly phase …
VCA Canada animal hospitals have stopped declawing cats. This is a very large chain so this change represents a huge step in stopping declawing across Canada.
At council hearings where the subject of banning declawing has been debated, veterinarians represented by the AVMA, have insisted that they declaw cats because it prevents owners abandoning their cats. The argument is that owners have problems with their cats’ claws because of scratched furniture and scratched granny and so on. These owners want …
This is great news for anti-declaw advocates. The Lakewood Animal Hospital has been declawing cats for many years but have decided to stop. The news comes from veterinarian Tara Hudye. She believes that a growing number of vets are deciding that the declawing of cats is unhealthy to cats as it leads to behavioural …
One of the big arguments that supporters of declawing regularly use is that people who campaign against cat declawing support neutering and spaying. The pro-declawers say this is illogical because neutering cats is a medical operation just like declawing and it is done at our convenience. This article attempts to show that it is …
This is a printable essay on declawing cats for students, which is free to be used as you wish under a creative commons license. The declawing of cats is a controversial topic. It goes to the heart of our relationship with the domestic cat. For that reason it is an important topic. This essay …
Declawing is illegal or considered extremely inhumane in many countries of our world now: Austria, Australia, Belgium, Bosnia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, France, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, …
