The Paw Project is growing bigger and stronger!

I am thrilled. People who hate cat declawing have something to go into the weekend to smile about; the growth of The Paw Project. I have an update from Dr. Doub who founded, and is the director of, The Paw Project-Utah. She provided a full current list of the branches as at the date of this post (thank you):

• Jennifer Conrad, DVM – Founder and Director
• Jim Jensvold – Paw Project Assistant Director

UNITED STATES

• California: Los Angeles: Lisa Hsuan, DVM – Director — Orange County: Kelly Wright, DVM – Director
• Colorado: Aubrey Lavizzo, DVM – Director
• Florida: Dr. Willem-Jan van Deijck, DVM – Director
• Georgia: Stephanie Globerman, DVM – Director: Ingrid Johnson, CCBC – Consultant, Feline Behavior and Assistant Director
• Illinois: Cynthia Olsen, DVM – Director
• Indiana: Nicole Martell-Moran, DVM, MPH – Director
• Iowa: Jennifer Doll, DVM – Director
• Michigan: Katie Dyer, DVM – Director
• Minnesota: Janet Gordon Palm, DVM – Director
• New York: New York: Allan B. Simon, DVM – Co-Director: New York: Susan Whittred, DVM – Co-Director: Queens: New York: Michal Hess, DVM – Director
• Ohio: Danya Linehan, DVM – Director
• Oklahoma: Suzanne Hurst, DVM – Director
• Oregon: Laura Cochrane, DVM – Director
• Texas: Katrina Breitreiter, DVM – Director
• Utah: Kirsten Doub, DVM – Director
• Washington: Craig Tebeau, DVM – Director

CANADA

• Atlantic Canada: Hugh Chisholm, DVM – Co-Director: Frances Minty, DVM – Co-Director
• British Columbia: Margie Scherk, DVM, DABVP – Director
• Ontario: Kelly St. Denis, MSc, DVM, DABVP – Director
• Quebec: Enid Stiles, DVM, MSc – Director

Everyone who finds declawing unethical and worse, downright abhorrent, should try to spread the word. As Ruth (aka Kattaddorra) consistently said: it’s about education. A lot of cat owners don’t fully understand what declawing means and all the very real potential complications that can flow from the operation, which is not infrequently botched.

Dr Doub recommends that The Paw Project supporters:

1. hand out The Paw Project fact sheet flyers (downloadable in PDF form here) at local shelters and;
2. show people The Paw Project documentary film. It is now available on Netflix, iTunes, Amazon Prime, Google Play and Dish. People receive a free copy if they donate on The Paw Project website.