Strong words. Are they accurate? The word ‘evil’ means ‘profoundly immoral and wicked’. There is no doubt in my mind that to unnecessarily amputate the tips of ten toes, for the cat owner’s convenience, is wicked especially as it is done by a professional, educated person who should know better and who has sworn an oath to only act in the best interests of the cat’s health and welfare. These ‘doctors’ would be criminals in jail in many countries.
Declawing is so profoundly against all that a veterinarian should stand for that, in this context, it is wicked.
To try and justify it, is also wicked. Representatives of veterinarians argue that declawing should not be banned. They say the client should have the choice. Wrong. Many vets don’t try and dissuade clients against declawing and many cat owners are ignorant of what declawing is and its consequences. Vets should simply refuse to do it. It should not be on their radar. It should not exist as an operation.
Animal doctors that declaw say that they have to do it because, if they refuse, their client will go to another vet who will do it. Therefore, they argue, the vet is not evil. Wrong. This is an admission of failure. It is an admission that there are too many vets who declaw without resistance and as a normal operation. It is moral turpitude. Where is the backbone of vets? If all North American vets refused to declaw, which should be the norm, clients would have to abandon the idea of declawing their cats. Vets could be proud of their profession again.
When they started to declaw cats, evil entered the veterinary profession in North America. It is a poison within the profession. It dramatically lowers the status of North American veterinarians in the eyes of the world. It undermines their self-worth. Europeans looking in see something unfathomable. It is incomprehensible. In fact the majority of Europeans had not heard of declawing cats until they looked to North America. A nasty vet in the 1950s introduced the concept and against all odds it stuck and became a mainstream operation. Shame on the vets, driven by financial profit, who allowed this to happen.
Strong words. They have to be. They match the gravity, the immorality, the wickedness of this veterinary operation.
I wrote this for CASSANDRA~WANTSCLAWS.
SOME MORE ON DECLAWING:
Yes, thank you Frances. It staggers me that declawing even exists.
Not only is declawing excruciatingly painful, but it literally deforms and disables a cat for life. This is the ultimate cruelty. Declawing needs to be banned forever. It is a barbaric form of torture. Any vet who does this is unacceptable in my view.
I wouldn’t trust any vet who declaws, with our cat. There have been cases of cats left for neutering being declawed also ‘by mistake’ Imagine going to pick up your pet, to find their life ruined by some vet who enjoys amputating cats toe ends so much they don’t even check if the client wanted their cat crippled.Why doesn’t some one this happens to, sue the vet who did it!
Vets who still declaw need to be outed on social media as greedy, animal abusing, cruel POS’s. Then call for a boycott of his or her business. Tell all your friends. Write your state lawmakers demanding making this illegal with the loss of a license the consequence. The only thing that would make an impact on that kind of vet is hitting them in the wallet. If they declaw would you take your cat there and still expect them to care for your cat? I would not. They might kill your cat because they only care about money.
Yes in my opinion vets who declaw are evil! It has been proved beyond doubt by the Paw Project that declawing causes cats to suffer for life. How can the vets in the USA and Canada justify going on doing it when it is banned in most other countries as animal abuse? There is no excuse. Being ‘nice and understanding’ that it may be through ignorance, hasn’t worked, cats are still suffering every day! The latest on the Paw Project page, a photo of a girl holding a newly declawed cat by the scruff, boasting that she bandaged his feet has shocked the entire anti declaw movement! It has to stop!!!!!
Yeah, I believe the oath wording is: “to do no harm.”. And the excuse “someone else will do it anyway.” is SO lame it boggles the mind. Lame being the operative word here. Some day just hearing that this used to be done should send chills up anyone’s spine. Barbaric.