What affects us affects cats
Chris Brockett is the immediate past president of the New York State Veterinary Medical Society. He amongst many other veterinarians in New York State is bristling at the very thought of there being a ban on declawing in their state. You may remember that Linda Rosenthal, an Assemblywoman, wants the declawing of cats to …
Activists vehemently opposed to the declawing of cats (who I applaud and support) were disappointed that the 20 finalists in this year’s “America’s Favorite Vet” competition declawed cats. They therefore employed tactics to mess up the voting system used to find the best veterinarian out of the 20 finalists. They did this to make …
Dr James F Gaines promotes the declawing of cats and his argument is that silly old housewives are wrong when they say that declawing is cruel. I think he is belittling and insulting women. The title of his article is “Old Spouse’s Tale: Declawing a Cat Is Cruel“. The word “spouse” means male of …
UK vets are to improve their understanding of cat behavior in order to better serve their clients and their patients. This is a Royal Veterinary College (RVC) initiative in partnership with Ceva Santé Animale (a veterinary health company). A new online resource to help veterinary students, practitioners and pet owners better understand, and deal …
The bill would make New York the first state in the nation to ban cat declawing. This is a brief update. I feel obliged to update because this is such an important bill for cat advocates and anti-declaw fighters. The bill was introduced by Manhattan Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal in January. Let’s remind ourselves that …
The words “declaw” and “rescue” or “shelter” don’t go together. A Michigan rescue organization, Wags and Whiskers, advertised seven kittens for adoption on Petfinder as follows: “We just got 7 new babies back from foster homes. They are a variety of colrs and both males and females. They are 9 weeks old and will …
I am thrilled. People who hate cat declawing have something to go into the weekend to smile about; the growth of The Paw Project. I have an update from Dr. Doub who founded, and is the director of, The Paw Project-Utah. She provided a full current list of the branches as at the date …
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 …
