By Ruth aka Kattaddorra
This article and poster were inspired by Dee who commented on the post: Declaw Bouquets and Brickbats for Veterinarians.
‘Could we see a hatchet instead of a brick? Easier to cut off fingers at the first knuckle’
It made me laugh and then imagine how good it would be if declawing vets could have a taste of their own medicine from cats.
So, just suppose cats were as large as humans and humans were as small as cats! Suppose cats had the power to definger the humans who definger them!
I was very tempted to design a declawing vet having his finger ends chopped off by a cat with a hatchet, just for Dee, but cats wouldn’t be so cruel.
They would anesthetise their patient before cutting off his finger ends with a bone cutter, or a resco clipper, or by burning them off with a laser. That’s what declaw vets do.
But here’s the difference, a human can be told what his surgery entails and he is asked for his consent. Cats don’t know what is going to happen to them, they are left at the clinic to face being handled by strangers who cause them fear and pain and shock.
Some of those strangers even charge extra for pain medication after the surgery? Would cats do that? I don’t think so, because cats are not money hungry unfeeling creatures like some vets are.
But the cats in the poster are giving Dr D. Claws no choice to consent and they are charging extra because one of their friends was mutilated by that vet and they want revenge.
In real life of course cats don’t seek revenge, well they can’t can they, they have to accept their fate. Declawed cats have to live with the effects of their ten amputations whether they like it or not.
They have to walk on their severed finger ends immediately they are up and about after their surgery……… and for the rest of their lives.
At least Dr D. Claws won’t have to do that.
Like one mind, Babz!
Never fear that this poster and that horrible pic of dead shelter cats aren’t being distributed!
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You are a great American Dee. There are few like you.
One day, Ruth, and I hope it is in our lifetime, we will see the end of declawing and it’ll make me the happiest person.
We have fought the battle. I am sure many American’s hate it. But it is a good battle. It is a just battle and it is the right thing to do.
No other site does this. The other major cat sites don’t even mention declawing for fear of losing visitors. That tells you how ungenuine these sites are.
FANTASTIC the stuff of dreams come true seeing a declaw doctor about to get his karma…how I wish it could come true for ALL vets who do this cruel thing
Thanks Michael and for allowing so many of my posters on PoC, I don’t think any other cat web site would have the courage to do that!
I just hope pro declaws have the brains to see the message behind them.
Thanks Leah, yes bad enough these butchers amputate cats healthy toe ends but to charge extra for pain relief is absolutely dreadful, it shows how cold hearted they are that they will let cats suffer pain after they’ve mutilated them.
I’d love to really see declaw vets in Dr D Claws position, their finger ends are very important to them just like cats toe ends are, so see how they would like it.