Did public pressure start declawing?

I am sorry to post this question on here but I can’t get onto my page on cat claws or saging cats claws. What happened?

My friends cat’s ears (especially the left one) is badly infected. Her last Vet was treating it for ear mites. Nothing was happening and it was not clearing up. She went to another Vet and she said it was a severe infection but not from mites. She did surgery and put a little tube going from the ear up. She brought him home and Pooter had to wear the cone so he would not scratch at it. She took him back and they removed the tube but now it is badly swollen again and she does not know what to do. She called the Vet and she said to put hot compresses on his ear. What else can she do? The Vet did not check for allergies to food or anything like that. What could of caused this ear infection and will it eventually clear up. The Vet hasn’t even began on the other ear yet.

No, declawing has been going on for years. Some Vets use it as a package with spaying or neutering. Nobody will ever understand the effects of declawing until they get their first digits removed. So, the one’s who are for declawing, go get it done yourself and then tell us what you think.

Love ya guys and miss ya
Liisa

Yes it really is the Vets to blame, especially for the declawing of kittens.A supposed to be last resort for serious scratching behaviour, offered as a package deal with neutering ? That can’t be right, can it !That is definitely a money making racket.

The AVMA totally ignore anyone who asks about that! The only time I had a reply from them was when I first asked about their declawing policy. They have a standard reply for that.

We are always looking for new groups and message boards to post our petition on and with Yahoo and Google alerts we try to post everywhere we can to educate those who think declawing is acceptable.

Word is spreading but it’s still not enough as we can’t reach everyone, we can’t reach people without the internet! USA newspapers or TV stations won’t print letters from the UK, I’ve tried that ! I even wrote to Oprah Winfrey as she reads emails out on her TV show ….but no reply ….
If I wasn’t too old and poor I’d go over there myself !

A P.S. to my last comment. Yes, I think both the people who request declawing and the vets who do it are at fault but the guardians of the gate to the brutality of declawing are the vets and they could have educated the public to not do it.

People will ask for all kinds of things that are unviable or unrealistic but it is up to the veterinarians who are meant to be wiser and have the cat’s best interests at heart who should direct and instruct people. To many vets, sadly, do the converse. They encourage and routinely recommend declawing as it is a good revenue stream and many are in denial about it. They also rationalise it as useful as it stops people throwing cats away (a highly spurious, illconceived and devious argument) and are, I regret to say, greedy and arrogant.

Thanks for sharing. I admire you for fighting the good fight. I think we all should write more and more on the subject, drown the internet with it and then concerned Americans should make applications to court for a declaration that non-therapeutic declawing is a crime.

For example, in California the criminal code:

The legislation covering cat cruelty laws USA for California is penal code 597(a). A person can be fined a maximum of $20,000 and/or imprisoned for a maximum of one year if he/she intentionally tortures, maims, mutilates, wounds or kills a living animal.

Another example:

Pennsylvania: The relevant legislation is § 5511. Cruelty to animals. If a person willfully and/or maliciously kills, maims, mutilates, tortures or disfigures a cat (or dog) or administers a poison to or exposes a poison with intent to a cat (or dog), notwithstanding that the cat (or dog)may or may not belong to the person, commits a misdemeanor of the first degree. On conviction the punishment is a fine of $1000 and/or imprisonment of not more than 2 years.

I also think that city councillors throughout American should create their own ordinances (legislation) that follows the declawing ban in West Hollywood, California, which was declared legal by the Court of Appeal in California.

Michael