What affects us affects cats
This is about declawing cats again. Please forgive me but this is a timely moment with the release of the new Paw Project movie. I want to find a way to stop the cruelty (for me) of declawing. For an American veterinarian, declawing cats is about profit and loss. It is about hard business. …
By Ruth aka Kattaddorra This article and poster were inspired by Dee who commented on the post: Declaw Bouquets and Brickbats for Veterinarians. ‘Could we see a hatchet instead of a brick? Easier to cut off fingers at the first knuckle’ It made me laugh and then imagine how good it would be if …
This is a news video about attempts to get declawing banned in the state of Colorado, USA. I am very pleased to see this video. I have difficulty in watching it – but people should! – because you’ll see some cats disabled by declawing. I couldn’t watch it all but please do watch it …
By Ruth aka Kattaddorra Definition of a virtual bouquet: A compliment or expression of praise. Definition of a virtual brickbat: A remark or comment that is highly critical and typically insulting. Rose’s thoughts on another page about Pine Grove Animal Hospital inspired this article and poster: She said: ‘Just been mulling this over and …
By Ruth aka Kattaddorra Fate decrees that some kittens are adopted by people who will have them declawed. How can vets justify performing major surgery, the amputation of the kittens last toe joints, at the same time as neutering? This surgery is supposed to be a last resort for serious scratching behaviour, not a …
If you are within reasonable driving distance of Pine Grove Animal Hospital, Colorado, I would ask you to please use it. Register with the hospital or do whatever you have to do to make them your friends. There are not many animal hospitals like this one in the USA. Their decision to no longer …
National Geographic has got it decisively wrong in their article on declawing cats, which was written to mark the forthcoming release of the new Paw Project documentary film. The author of the National Geographic article states that the arguments for and against declawing through scientific research is “divisive”, meaning inconclusive. A major contributor to …
I make between $75,000 and $80,000 a year from declawing – so said a veterinarian to Dr. Jennifer Conrad of the Paw Project. He said that he declaws every cat that comes through the door of his butchers shop…sorry surgery. Clearly this monster of a vet does not say anything to his clients about the …
