What affects us affects cats
By Ruth aka Kattaddorra Some people are desperate to keep declawing legal! A face book friend has had a fiery debate with another friend (now an ex friend) because she asked her to sign a petition to ban declawing and she refused because SHE doesn’t want it banned. My friend asked for help to …
Yes, declawing is a crime in Los Angeles, if it is done for non-therapeutic purposes, which accounts for 99.99% of all cases. The law came into force on 17th November 2009. Allegedly Mission Animal Care Center were in breach of the law. This has been reported on the Paw Project Facebook site yesterday, 6th …
There is a petition to ban declawing in Washington, D.C.. This is a good idea because it is the capital of the United States. Banning it there may lead to a domino effect. An interesting point was made by the person who set up the petition. There was a recent criminal prosecution of a …
By Ruth aka Kattaddorra This article was inspired by Cal who is totally against declawing, but her excellent cat vet, even though she is against it too, will declaw cats for clients who demand it even after she has tried to educate them as to the seriousness of the surgery and the many alternatives …
If you’d like something a bit different, special and customized and have the equipment (most have) you might like these bookmarks. You have to be anti-declaw, but what is the barrier to being anti-declaw? Ruth (aka Kattaddorra), who created them, says this: I’ve designed them on A4 so they would only need to put …
Canadian vets are finally coming around to the idea that declawing cats is unnecessary and cruel. Why the delay, doctors? Some high profile veterinarians are leading the way in the slow process of phasing it out. Yes, it is slow, but at least it is a beginning. A start is desperately overdue because we …
If the vets are declawing cats because it makes money and we can’t change their minds by referring to ethics, we are left with arguing that it could be more profitable to leave a cat’s claws alone and then provide an alternative service that deals with people’s dislike or uncertainty about a cat’s claws. …
Veterinarians in the USA make at least $2.16 billion ($2,160,000,000) in total from cat declawing. See Declawing Myths and Truths It is important to recognise that declawing cats is big business. It is a important part of a veterinarian’s operation. It is the bread and butter of his work just like vaccinations, annual check …
