What affects us affects cats
A study first published May 23, 2017, entitled Pain and adverse behaviour in declawed cats, definitively concluded that 63% of the declawed cats in the study had bone fragments remaining in their toes. The bone fragments were present because the veterinarian who did the operation did it poorly. They did it too quickly and …
Please do not be bored by the topic of cat declawing. I sense that people just brush the topic under the carpet. I have hammered away at it for a very long time, I admit. And I don’t want to do it. But I have to. It is the only way to achieve the …
On November 8 2017 I posted some pictures of the regrowth of a cat’s dewclaw after it was removed in a declawing operation (as were the other claws). Remember this is not ‘declawing’ per se. It is a partial amputation of each toe from the last knuckle. That page got 56,000 shares. So people …
The photographs show the results of a botched declaw operation on a polydactyl cat. They are horrific photographs and it makes me wonder how a veterinarian could do this bearing in mind his oath to never harm a cat but to promote the health of animals in his charge.
WARNING – don’t look at these photos or visit this page if you think the sight of an injured cat will injure you especially when the injury was caused legally and by an expert at the behest of the cat’s owner. The image comes from K Bressler’s Twitter feed. Thanks Country Girl for fighting …
A “DIY declaw” was badly botched and the cat died two weeks later. This is an unfathomable story of cat cruelty and criminality. The person who is charged with a third degree felony of animal cruelty said in her police statement: “I thought it was best for him because he had damaged some furniture….I …
Although so much more is now known about the consequences of declawing a cat, many American vets still continue to perform the surgery. The information from Paw Project Utah that many cats have suffered from a botched declawing and have fragments of bone in their paws is horrifying. Their latest case is Davis who …
Judgement day is coming soon! Another of a growing number of non declawing vets is prepared to take a stand: ‘PAW PROJECT – it’s a growing thing! Dr. Stephanie Globerman is the new Director of Paw Project-Georgia, the most recent chapter in the Paw Project movement! We are proud to have them on our …
