Ban Cat Declawing in Ontario

We don’t often discuss the topic of declawing cats in Canada. The operation of declawing a cat is widely known to be an American concept. Yet, there is a lot of it in Canada, too. I wonder if Canada got the idea from America?

Let’s give Camille Cox a big pat on the back. She is a Canadian citizen who is described as an “animal activist”. She wants declawing banned in Ontario and she is a super person. Ontario is a province of Canada.

Is it fair and sensible to call someone an animal activist (with negative connotations within the general public) just because they are genuinely concerned about stopping unnecessary mutilation and pain to domestic cats? And should there be negative connotations in the phrase “animal activist”? My answer to both questions is obviously, no.

Camille Cox’s petition to ban declawing has been presented to the local legislature by Sarah Campbell who is an MPP (Member of the Provincial Parliament) for Kenora-Rainy River. Well done, Sarah, too.

This is an interview of Camille. It is an audio file that I converted to a video. I added a couple of poignant pictures. Note: Camille gets her facts slightly wrong about the 8 California cities that have banned declawing. But she makes a good argument.

The website that reports this nice (for many people) development about cat welfare in Canada have also run a poll about declawing. The question asked was:

Do you you think it’s OK to declaw cats?

At 7th March 20130, the answers are:

  • No = 75.46%
  • Yes = 24.54%

That is a clear cut expression of disapproval from the Canadian people, who I will presume are the most common visitors to the website concerned, on the subject of cat declawing.

The truth be told, we all know it is unacceptable. It is common sense. Yet, I hate the general tone of the original article and of the reporter interviewing Camille. I sense that they are reporting on a weird women who has made a time wasting petition to the local authority. That is totally wrong. If we listen to Camille we are left in no doubt that she is kind and smart. She is a quality Canadian citizen.

Notes:

  1. My thanks to Marc for finding this news story and
  2. The original webpage is here. Sometimes external links go wrong.

37 thoughts on “Ban Cat Declawing in Ontario”

  1. The author of the best comment will receive an Amazon gift of their choice at Christmas! Please comment as they can add to the article and pass on your valuable experience.
  2. Looking even better now 305 votes
    18.69% YES 57 votes
    81.31% No 248 votes
    But no way can I get my head around how 57 people think it’s Ok

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  3. Well Done Camille I did leave a comment on FB congratulating you on a brilliant interview saying you covered everything. You came across as intelligent and informed not as ‘some nut’ which the pro-declawers commonly refer to those amongst us who hate de-clawing.

    The pictures say it all the look on the faces of de-clawed cats speaks volumes and breaks my heart everytime I see that look of agonised bewilderment. I don’t and never will understand any of it 🙁

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  4. May I add, that if you have ALL YOUR TOES AMPUTATED, what is going to hold you up so that you are able to walk, you will be walking in the ball of your foot which will bring you face down, If your FURNITURE means all that much that you would put animal , who has put his life in your hands to be loved and cared for, than why do you have one, ? because the neighbour has one, your children want and then after 2 weeks the novelty wears off, well my suggestion to you is , keep your furniture in tact and be happy with that, never mind “THE JONES” the cats couldn’t care less, Those of us who believe in animals, love them as if they were our children, find those who think that to DECLAW, well I’ll leave it at that, just might get banned, WE ARE THE VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS, you may silence a cat, but try silencing us, Thank you

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  5. I think you did brilliantly Camille, more so as you were caught off guard.
    I admire you very much!
    We all know that the press and radio and TV presenters only air what they want to air, no matter how prepared anyone is.
    We in the UK are well on your side and wish you every success.

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  6. Hi Everyone. I would like to add that CBC Radio called me out of the blue for this interview so i was caught off guard and not prepared. He also said it would be taped but only for purposes of writing an article……..not to be aired. I did mention the countries that declawing/amputation is illegal……they failed to include that ! I apologize for the mistakes i made during interview and for stumbling along but like i said was not prepared.

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    • Thanks a lot for dropping by the website and sharing. You sounded great in the interview. You made a minor, unimportant mistake. Forget it. The important point is that you were interviewed and you are fighting for what is right.

      You don’t need to apologize. You are a sweetheart who cares, and as far as I am concerned, that makes you “one of us” – the people who are enlightened and who care. You are doing really good work. It is obviously good and you deserve a medal for what you are doing. Keep going, please.

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      • Thanks Michael, I appreciate this. I am keeping on….getting more signatures, we have till July to continue handing them in.

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