[FEL-L] no preference

[ben willis]

This thread is following exactly the same pattern as 
it always does on the subject of de-clawing. A few
members will describe the horrors of the practice 
while others cite their own examples of successful 
de-claws. At some point someone will make the absurd 
comparison of de-clawing to neutering.
What won't happen is someone expressing remorse in
having their own cat de-clawed. We will only hear the
success stories and those who attribute the bad ones 
to bad veterinarians. 

If we take the absolute best cases of de-clawing, the 
cat becomes less harmful, it might receive more human
attention, and the furniture gets less damage. There 
may be other positive aspects from the human
perspective but nothing for the cat.

On the adverse side, botched operations cause
immeasurable suffering and we have no statistics for
the numbers. In the best of cases, a claw-less cat may
be subjected to a horrible death in the event of an
escape or an ignorant owner allowing it to roam
freely.
In other cases, cats are injured from falls while
trying to climb. 

If anyone has a de-clawed cat and have been satisfied 
with the result, it's good to hear. The question is,
does the convenience and positive aspects of
de-clawing
out-weigh all the negatives which are inevitable as 
long as the practice remains legal.







--- IMABEASTMASTER at aol.com wrote:

>  
> In a message dated 8/7/2006 4:49:49 P.M. Central
> Daylight Time,  
> tiger1 at tigerlink.org writes:
> 
> No  offense meant but I am so tired of seeing big
> cats suffer for  this.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> all my cats were declawed, either inherited or by my
>  choice ,  aint none of 
> em ever suffered...   please ...   what kind of cats
> have you been around that 
> looks  like they are suffering ?   
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