What affects us affects cats
I have another page from a vet tech who took pictures of a cat after the declaw operation. The cat was crawling up the bloody cage walls in pain despite pain killers. I am sure that the vet was at home having a glass of wine at the time. Hippocratic oath? Forget it. Money? …
This is an interesting test and I’d like cat owners to come forward to do it and report in a comment. Let’s see what happens. Note: the results may be muddied by the fact that domestic cats often don’t like their paws being fiddled with. But it is worth trying nonetheless, I believe. Americans …
A veterinary clinic employee wrote to Mercury News in response to a previous letter which supported cat declawing. The person supporting declawing was responding to a proposed law for California banning declawing unless for therapeutic purposes (AB 1230, as introduced, Quirk. Veterinary medicine: declawing animals). The employee said that declawed cats cried in pain …
by Ruth (England) A very good point about my last article ‘Declawing, Defingering, No Difference’ was raised by Clare on facebook who said: ‘There is one difference, I think. A declawed cat’s entire body is affected, not just its fingertips’ She is right of course, thanks Clare. Poster by Ruth Declawing throws cats …
