#anti-declaw

[midwesterosi]

overheard @ veterinarian clinic today

voice 1: just get a scratching post!

voice 2: it’s like, “why don’t i just schedule you an appointment to have part of your finger removed today?!”

[cat-sessorize]

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[thepawproject]

This is Kona, a mountain lion born in captivity, whose owners had him declawed by a veterinarian. They wanted Kona to be in the movies and thought declawing would make him safer to work with. Instead, over a period of a few years, declawing crippled Kona. Every step was agony. Declawing is the amputation of the last bone of each toe in a cat's paw. It is not just the removal of claws, and it can cause many complications. It can cripple pet cats as well as big, exotic cats. The veterinarians of the Paw Project performed surgery on Kona to treat his infections, smooth the roughened bone ends, and reattach the tendons severed during declawing. They could not give back to Kona what had been taken away from him, but at least he could walk with more comfort. PLEASE DO NOT DECLAW.

[thepawproject]

"Humane? Please Don't Declaw Your Cats" from The Paw Project   

Anti-Declaw Public Service Announcement from The Paw Project. Declawing is not a nail trim. It is the amputation of the ends of a cat's toes. For more information about the effects of declawing and humane alternatives,go to www.pawproject.org.

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[thepawproject]

The Paw Project illustrates declaw surgery and its consequences.

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PawProject.org billboard on Sunset Blvd.

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[thepawproject]

*** HELP, LEARN & DO SOMETHING AT THE PAW PROJECT: http://bitly.com/EzUrY *** * Get a nasty R-Rated talking HB doll 4 the holidays & help Animals Asia: http://bitly.com/wW79nq * ^ TEXT “PAW” TO 50555 TO MAKE A DONATION & SUPPORT THE PAW PROJECT ^ 22 million cats in the United States are declawed. Many animal shelters receive declawed cats because their behavior has changed for the worse. Declawing is an inhumane practice and needs to stop. Unfortunately, because the AVMA’s (American Veterinarian Medical Association) vets make so much money from performing this horrible procedure, they are turning a blind eye to the real issue-amputating the end of cats’ paws; no different than severing your fingertips from your hands and tippy-toes from your feet. Please visit http://bitly.com/EzUrY to learn more and find out what you can do to ban declawing.

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[thepawproject]

Will The United States Ever Ban Declawing?

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JENNIFER CONRAD: I believe that if people realized that declawing was not a magical manicure, but instead a cold hard amputation of toe bones, they would not let this happen to their beloved cats. I also believe that people might think twice if they knew that declawing their cat might lead to serious side effects and behavior changes,

which in too many cases results in the cat being dumped at the pound. 

The scientific literature says that, in general, declawed cats bite more than cats with claws because their paws are no longer their primary defense, and they avoid the litter box more often because their paws hurt too much to dig in the litter. So, if someone is intolerant of cats scratching on the couch, it seems logical that person is also going to be intolerant of the cats biting or urinating on the carpets or couches. I recently explained what declawing really was to a family who had just adopted their first cat and wanted to do everything right for the newest member of their family. Needless to say, they were horrified and did not have the kitten declawed as their vet had recommended.

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