THERE ARE NO PRO DECLAW CATS

You’re so right Ruth and your posters with those poor sad cats are testament to the truth!! Of course if cats could talk they would say no!!!

I hate it when people modify animals to suit their own selfish ends. These are Gods creatures and they were given claws for so many reasons!! To remove them is a crime against God and humanity and those that do this will get their reward in hell.

Fabulous article and poster!
Of course there are no pro declaw cats, there are only selfish people who don’t give any thought to what their cat would want.
Not one cat in this entire world would choose to lose their claws.

You are so right man that there are no pro declaw cats what cat in their right mind would ask to have its toes axed off.
It always makes me as mad as a raging bull that people have the right to do it.
The cats have no say and its their toes not the cruel owners toes and not the vets toes its the cats toes and they have a right to them left on their feet where they belong.
Ed

Another great article and poster Ruth and I hope some of either your written work or your picture stories touch the hard hearts of those who think declawing is a minor blip in a cat’s life.

Thanks for great comments!
Believe it or not there are some people who think cats like to be declawed!
One said in all seriousness ‘My cats are much happier since they got rid of their nasty claws’
I had to read it twice because I couldn’t believe anyone could be so thick, or deluded enough to think such a stupid thing.
When asked if she would be happier rid of her own nasty fingernails she replied it wasn’t the same.
No amount of information about the truth of the cruelty of declawing changed her mind.
With people like that, the only way is to get declawing banned!

Thank you, Ruth. I feel very lucky to have found you and your wonderful, good work ~ so happy to know you! I could say thank you a million times and it wouldn’t be enough.

This poster makes me feel the horror of each of the cats interviewed, imagine if you could explain to a cat in words exactly what would happen to them if they were to be declawed, from the starving the night before, the journey to the surgery,what the procedure actually is and the awful awakening afterwards in pain and terror, imagine how horrified and incredulous a cat would be at the prospect of this! Imagine how awful to be that cat subject to the will of a human who doesn’t put the cat’s welfare first but puts his/her own convenience at the top of the list. Awful! There’s an expression “It’s a dog’s life” but I think a cat at risk of declawing’s life is worse than any dog’s life

Great article once again, Ruth! I completely agree with every word you wrote! Saying that a cat can be pro declaw, and WANT to be declawed, is like saying a perfectly healthy person can WANT to have all of their fingers removed, it’s like saying a dog can WANT to be devocalised. No one, human or non human, willingly wants to be disabled, those who argue otherwise are the definition of ridiculous, and I feel sorry for any poor animal unfortunate enough to be in their ‘care’.

Ruth, I love the raw edged passion and honesty that you bring to the anti-declaw debate.

Great poster. You see cats as individuals with equal rights to humans.

If there is a God that is the way he or she would have related to cats and all animals.

I think that people who support declawing see cats as lesser creatures and humans as superior. This, they think, gives them the right to harm the cat for their convenience.

Thanks for posting.