The whole world needs to know this cat’s story and to join the movement to have the declawing of cats banned worldwide! The medical records of Martha, a blue cream Persian cat, show that she was FOUR PAW declawed on 11th July 2014.
What sort of vet would declaw a cat of her age? Bad enough front paw declawing at her age or at any age, but declawing ALL FOUR paws is nothing short of EVIL. Imagine the shock and pain and bewilderment this poor cat must have suffered and still be suffering. How can she ever recover?
We don’t know who was caring for her in between enduring that cruel surgery up until she was for sale in a Pet Shop, for an adoption fee of $69 USD. The lady in the Pet Shop said she had come from a Veterinary Hospital. This is all the information the concerned cat rescuers could get.
One person said Martha may have had an elderly caretaker who had died and that the Veterinary Hospital had taken her in, but if so, why did they declaw her?
Before the Rescuers could get her out of the Pet Shop to take her to a Persian Cat Rescue, she was sold to someone unknown! Who adopted her? Will they understand her needs? Will they care for her properly?
I’m hoping that some of those wonderful people who dedicate their lives to rescuing cats, will come and tell us if they find out more about how Martha came to be in that shop and if they have found out where she is now and if she is with someone who will care for her as she should be.
This horrific story highlights the cruelty of declawing. That any vet would amputate the eighteen toe ends of a ten year old cat, is beyond belief.
Bad enough depriving young kittens of their claws, disabling them for life, bad enough declawing adult cats of any age, bad enough any cat having to live with two mutilated paws, but whoever performed this cruel surgery on Martha should be named and shamed! He/she would be struck off the Veterinary register in other civilised countries of the world.
Yet declawing is LEGAL in the USA!
This vet won’t be punished, the only one being punished is Martha, the victim! PLEASE everyone, help us to stop this legalised abuse of cats, Martha can never have her toe ends back but together we can protect more cats from the same fate.
Declawing does not keep cats in their homes, it does just the opposite in fact, because people who will only have an adapted cat with no claws, certainly won’t tolerate a cat with behavioural problems caused by being declawed.
- Join the Paw Project, see the ways you can help. Like their page and all the Paw Project branch pages on Facebook if you are a member and follow them on Twitter.
- Watch and share the Paw Project movie.
- Share Martha’s story.
On behalf of all the cats suffering and all the cats doomed to suffer from being declawed until we stop it,
PLEASE help us to help them!
The Paw Project summed it up in one word on their face book page where I posted the link to this article:
‘HORRIBLE’
I hope people see Martha’s story and join the right side, which is to stop the legal abuse of our cats in America.
I hope so too Cindy
I’m so glad to see so many people have joined together in writing about their sheer horror at the terrible thing that was done to Martha. It’s good to see new visitors commenting on the article as well as the regulars, there’s nothing that unites cat lovers more than protesting against cruelty to a cat or cats and declawing is up there at the top of the list of cruelty that’s for sure.
No words come to mind that can express the sadness that I feel for Martha.
But, more than nailing the evil vet to the wall, I would like to know who authorized that vet to do this. Somebody did. I doubt that it just popped into his head one day.
I’d like to know more too Dee, who asked for Martha to be 4 paw declawed and why a vet agreed to do it and why she ended up in a Pet Shop. Surely even the useless AVMA can’t approve of cases like this!
I think there’s a lot more to this than we will ever know but if ever we find out who the cruel culprits are we will make it public and they will get some straight to the point emails about their evil doings, that’s for sure!
I’m lighting a candle for Michael’s Charlie and for Martha too
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/enter.cfm?l=eng
This was all legal too! Totally normal and therefore not protected by the law nor deemed animal abuse. Strange isn’t it? What sort of standards are we setting in respect of animal welfare?
It’s a horrible story and I don’t know if we will ever know why Martha was at the vet hospital and why some butcher amputated all her toe ends. She looks so sad poor little love, it really illustrates why we must get declawing banned!!!
These days I see declawing as another major ‘human failure’ like the others. For me it is depressing because in general (barring many good cat caretakers) our relationship with animals is not yet correct.
I just cant believe anyone would do this to their Beloved cat at age 10Yrs. Whats wrong with People these days. It be like for me to Declaw Smokey Which i would never do. As would terribly break my heart and mind. Thank Goodness its Illegal here in NZ. I just cant understand though why would anyone do that to an Older Cat then Give the Cat away to a Pet Shop and then the Owner saying its not theirs even though its been registered. Whats the Point of having Micro Chipping if you refuse to take the animal Back. It definilty makes me think differently. I just cant believe people do this. Makes me so Mad and Annoyed!!
As far as I know Kylee, I don’t believe there is a owner involved. That is why I believe the owner passed. Surely, no one would suggest a 4 paw declaw on their cat at 10 years if age. Martha should have had some kind of protection from the community or at the least from the health worker that I truly believe has destroyed this cat. If it was illegal, we wouldn’t be having this discussion and Martha wouldn’t be ruined.
Exactly she should of had some Protection or something. It just makes you reaslise how important it is to have some sort of plan if you get really ill or die. To have them included in a will or some sort of agreement.
You are so right Kylee, we must make sure our cats are going to be safe and protected and cared for if we die.
Babz and I are lucky to have each other but even so we have both made a will and a nephew knows about our wishes for our cats if anything happened to us both together.
We have a notice in our car too that we have cats at home and who to contact in the event of an accident, you can’t be too careful.
Well it was just while reading the article. We dont know what will happen to us. I for one want to know that Family members, or Good friends will either look after that Pet and not just Put the animal Down. As, Cats really are like family members. As we dont know what will happen to us tomorrow or Next week. My Animals mean alot to me like everyones here, and the thought if something happens to us even if in a disaster. I think its important to have some sort of plan. Over here on wspca and spca they suggestion to make a plan for the animals. Like if theres an emergency. WHich i think also a good idea as many of us worldwide now have regularly floods, and other disasters and its important our Beloved Pets are very well protected.