What affects us affects cats
Declawing costs a cat a substantial part of his ten front toes, lots of pain, fear, discomfort and uncertain behavioral changes. It cost the cat’s owner about 100 US dollars. My point is that the price for the cat is far higher. This is a re-publishing of a post I made about three years …
This is a really cool way to protest against the declawing of cats for non-therapeutic reasons. 99.9% of all operations are for non-therapeutic reasons. The idea comes from a South African artist Mark Wilby who employed it to protest against the Chinese demand for rhino horn resulting in the gradual extinction of rhinos. Anyone …
It is that time again when we have to fight for what is right. It is time to politely convince Governor Jerry Brown that there is madness and cruelty in the current practice of landlords insisting on cats being declawed before the cat’s caretaker can sign a tenancy agreement. There was an attempt over a …
By Ruth AKA Kattaddorra I think that anyone who gives years of their life to train as a vet must surely love animals enough to want to help them, to prevent suffering and to hopefully cure them of illness. The late Alf Wight, a UK vet, was a very kind and compassionate vet who …
I am writing about condominiums for people in this article. I mention that because you can buy an item of cat furniture that is called a cat condo. For international visitors ‘condo’ is an American term and is short for ‘condominium’ and condominium usually refers to a block of flats or apartments in which …
I have always adopted adult cats. Maybe next time, I’ll be different. And if and when I do adopt a kitten I’ll make sure that she is accustomed to certain treatments. This way when I am called upon to apply these treatments to her as an adult cat, she will accept them, making the …
This article is about the United States. It is almost common knowledge that more dogs receive veterinary care than cats. Although the underlying reason is that cat owners are traditionally less likely to take their cat to the vet than a dog owner, I would like to present some statistics and then speculate why …
It is useful to specify the exact reason why it is illegal to declaw a cat in the United Kingdom. This is because it informs us that it would be extremely easy to make it illegal in the United States from a legislative standpoint. It is not complicated. The obstacle in making declawing illegal …
