Dr. Ron Gaskin is a good vet who performs declaw repair surgeries

I live in the country of Holland and here declawing is illegal within the whole country. it is considered cruelty to animals… thank goodness.

I have a few tears for Vincent every time I do my data and shelter counts and see him still sitting in that small cage. What chance has he of a home or surgery to help his poor mutilated paws ?
I think it must be a no kill shelter he’s in as he’s been there for months now.
I wish we could magic him to England.
It’s dreadful to see the thousands of declawed kittens and cats unwanted through no fault of their own.
Dr Jean is doing great things with her studies but no matter what, even when declawing is banned it’s too late for all of them.
Too late for poor Vincent.

I knew declawing was bad, but I didn’t know there was a flexor tendon unopposed by any extensor tendon. Don’t tell me vets don’t know this fact of cat anatomy and the consequences thereof. Ruth (Kattaddorra) posted an article about Vincent, a poor declawed cat, and he was sitting in the same posture as the cat shown in this article. Vincent could probably benefit from this surgery also.

I always thought declawing a cat was an heresy and horribly cruel. I’m so happy people who love cats help them to have a normal life again.
Thanks for them.

I almost didnt read this page when I saw the title. I hate the horrors of declawing. I know you all know I worked in a vets office and could not be in the office when he performed this cruel and senseless operation. What this vet is doing is incredible. Anything to help any declawed cat is a god send. I hope he keeps up his good work.

That is a wonderful example of how a clinic should be !
Yes it proves vets don’t have to mutilate cats to stay in business.
We neeed a list of all the clinics like this one to encourage people to go to them and boycott the
corrupt ones !
Is this one on the Hall of Fame I wonder ?

I would like to submit the Cat Clinic of Roswell, Georgia, USA, as a good vet clinic that does not declaw and actively educates their clientele about the negative effects of declawing, as well as humane alternatives. Their website is www.catclinicofroswell.com. They provide FREE claw trimming without appointments, include a Declawing Fact Sheet on their website, and have as their motto “Four Paws With Claws”! This is an example of feline medicine done RIGHT in the U.S. And somehow, they still manage to stay in business! Imagine that! 😉

This is what being a good vet is all about.
Alleviating the suffering of animals but even more,not causing the animal to suffer in the first place by the barbaric amputation of their toe ends.

It’s always nice to hear some good news and Dr Gaskin’s kindness and compassion are certainly heart warming.
It baffles me when all vets train in the same way and they must know the pain animals feel,how come some keep on making money from causing cats pain by crippling them day after day.Yet the ones like Dr Gaskin are true to their profession and to what they learned about how to help animals.
It doesn’t make sense.

How heartwarming to come across a vet who genuinely cares about the health and happiness of cats. There are far too many vets in North America willing to ignore the fact that declawing is recognised as an act of animal cruelty in at least 38 countries, so it’s refreshing to come across one who isn’t afraid to speak the truth. More than that, he and his team are using their skills to relieve the suffering of declawed cats.

Dr Gaskin and his colleagues are the kind of vets that every owner should choose for their pet.

Dr Gaskin is a true hero in a world of otherwise butchering vets. Thank goodness he has compassion and common sense. Vets that de-claw? If you are reading this he puts you to shame he IS a vet. You are not worthy of your position, you abuse your power and you sicken me and many others

Thank you for posting this article Michael!

It’s so good to know that there are vets in America like Dr. Gaskin who are actually telling the TRUTH about declawing and the injuries that the paws sustain for the rest of the cats life – thank you Dr. Gaskin and his whole team!

Poor Raven, and every single declawed cat in the world, for the needless pain and suffering they endure which so many hide without any complaints, just as cats do. There is absolutely no way that any declawed cat is “fine” the way so many Americans have brainwashed themselves into believing to justify crippling their pets paws for life.

One little correction, I live in Ohio and only WISH I lived in California where declawing is illegal in 8 cities. Yep, you can go to jail for declawing a cat in those cities, but where I live in the Midwest, painfully amputating a cats 3rd Phalanx bone & crippling their paws for life is pandered, encouraged, and advertised by most every vet here as routine cat care.

Thank you for this very informative article Susan.I admire Dr Gaskin very much and here it is in black and white for all those to see who think declawing is acceptable.Dr Gaskin is obviously a veterinarian who sticks to his oath to harm no animal.
For there to be the need for him to re-operate on cats that other vets have mutilated is beyond disgraceful.
How can other vets go on declawing when it’s plain to see what damage it does, I wonder.
Any vet making money out of this cat abuse is nothing short of a criminal and going completely against the care and compassion vets are supposed to have for all animals.

How wonderful it is to read about a veterinarian who lives up to his oath and who cares so deeply about animals that he has taken the time to learn how to help cats disabled by declawing to have lives less filled with pain and misery and to write about it so that the ignorant may be educated. A gentleman like this does much to restore ones faith that good will triumph over evil!
Thank you Susan for writing about Dr Gaskin and his staff.

Thanks for taking the time to prepare this, Susan. Praising and recognising good vets is as powerful as crticising bad vets in our mission to save cats from the abuse that is called declawing.