The Cats of Claw Hill

I'm wondering if a concentrated email bombardment of PETA by a lot of us might make them take up the battle against declawing ?
But on the down side they are not a very well liked or respected organisation are they ?
I can't for the life of me think why all the animal welfare organisations are letting declawing happen.
I think Michael's protest with well over 400 people attending in July is going to be invaluable in bringing the cruelty of declawing to a lot of peoples notice, some probably don't even know it happens.

Thanks everyone for your (as always) passionate comments. Lets face it de-clawing vets use the same excuses time and again. We've heard them all but sadly those who know no better (or choose to close their eyes to the pain to protect their couch) still think it must be ok because the vets say so.

I've come to believe that there are 2 types of people who declaw; those that are so stupid they know no better and those who do and just don't care.

Because of a medical condition I had to have all my cats cheek teeth removed but when my vet first mentioned it I was horrified because I KNOW he needs his teeth! Sadly it had to happen because of a virus that had attacked his gums. He was in a lot of pain but I researched it thoroughly. He is so much better now and has kept his canines and front incisors because the virus doesn't bother with these. But you see there's surgery for the animals benefit and surgery for the owners benefit but this type of surgery shouldn't be allowed under any circumstances. The only benefactors for this type are selfish lazy owners and money grabbing butchers masquerading as vets.

I have agree with you all especially that PETA could stamp this out in no time if they really wanted to, food for thought though; as Michael says they are quite rich I wonder why they have paid no attention to the AVMA and de-clawing vets?

BTW they sent me an automated email with various replies none of which related to my query. They said that they would reply in a couple of weeks if none of the pre-populated responses answered my question. Watch this space I can't wait.

Great article Leah! These vets all know the truth about declawing; they know it's cruel, they know it brings pain, they know the clawing is natural and essential behaviour, and they most certainly know that if declawing was banned they would lose big dollars! The vets are corrupt. Their passion for their medical profession died when they declawed their first cat.

You are right Leah,those vets know full well that what they do is wrong but money is their God.
They should be struck off and prosecuted and anyone assisting them in any way at all should be prosecuted too.
As for PETA etc,they pick and choose which animals are worthy to care about and that's very wrong as all animals deserve protection and to live their lives.

A very good article, thank you Leah, there is so much casual cruelty in the world if you let yourself think about it too deeply it would drive you mad! I think anyone who is deliberately cruel to any animal, and I include vets who declaw in this, deserves the harshest punishment possible and if not through the law then through the "eye for an eye" system.

A very good article Leah !
Like Michael says, why are the animal welfare organisations not doing anything to stop declawing ? They surely have the power to bring cat abusers to justice. So what that they have D.V.M after their names, they are equally as cruel as ordinary people who harm cats, if not even more cruel, because they know what they are doing is wrong. They can't use ignorance as their excuse.
They know cats need claws, yet they have for decades now deprived millions of them of those claws along with their toe ends, by their painful uneccessary surgery.
All for money !!
I have no respect at all, in fact I feel a deep hatred for, any vet who puts money before the welfare of his/her patient and who lies about the reason for abusing cats.
I have no respect either for animal welfare organisations who ignore the cruelty of declawing or who think killing feral cats is acceptable.

Thanks Leah for taking the time to keep fighting for cat welfare.

It is shocking that people can so comprehensively deceive themselves into believing that declawing is acceptable.

What is also shocking is that it is the well educated people who are living in a parallel universe of self-deception or plain lies.

And PETA and HSUS are very powerful and rich organisations. What the hell are they doing? ZIP. Or it feels like nothing. PETA are said to support the slaughter of feral cats. I think there are a lot of political decisions being made that we are unaware of. There are certainly no right, decent and long term decisions being made.

HSUS declared assets totaling $162 million! PETA had revenues of $35,851,917 in 2010!

They could hammer declawing and the vets who do it, yet it is down to us, Leah, Ruths etc. and The Paw Project to struggle with this.