What affects us affects cats
by Michael (London, UK) 28th October 2009: I have it hot of the press that declawing was banned tonight 28-10-09 in Santa Monica, California, USA, on a 6 to 1 vote. One of the stalwart supporters of banning this brutal procedure, Willow Evans, has sent an email this morning (UK time) to the UK. …
by Michael (London, UK) I love cat claws, please leave them alone…photo by Marcin Wichary (Flickr) 24th April 2010: I would like to discuss a couple of things to do with declawng cats, to keep abreast with what is going on. The first concerns HSUS. Annie Bruce, the author of Cat Be Good, notified …
by Finn Frode (Copenhagen, Denmark) Picture added by Michael (PoC Admin) – photo by flikr (photographer’s username at Flickr) I was shocked by the recent article on declawing in the United States (new window). To me this practice seems absolutely disgusting and I’m surprised that some veterinarians display such poor ethics. Thanks a lot …
by Michael (London UK) Cat’s pads damaged in use after declawing. The successes in California late last year when eight cities banned the declawing of cats was extremely welcome. But what was unwelcome was the constant wheeling out of the veterinarians’ tired and clichéd argument that declawing saves the lives of cats by stopping …
by Michael (London, UK) Yup, it’s true, the Metro Detroit Animal Care Hospital promotes declawing of cats as do many other veterinary clinics or hospitals in America. Another well known one I mentioned some time ago is Dr Forsythe’s clinic. It is bad enough to declaw cats but to promote it is unforgivable. The …
by Ruth (England) Our World. Nature is bigger than us. Photo NASA, restored by Royce Bair (Flickr) I was given permission to use this quote by Poochu who lives in India: ‘Declawing a pet is a crime against Mother Nature’ He is a very wise man who cares about all cats and like the …
Poster by Ruth The declawing of any cat in the UK, other than for medical reasons for the cat, would result in the Veterinary Surgeon, his/her assistant at the operation and the owner of the unfortunate cat, all to be arrested for cruelty to animals under what people refer to as the “Pet Welfare …
by Poochu (India) Declawing is equivalent to Infant Genital Mutilation a.k.a “circumcision” without medical sanction. If there was a valid reason for every declawing, then there would be a valid reason for every religious endorsed infant genital mutilation. Humans never agree or support declawing, only self centred Men and Women who care more about …
