[FEL-L] examples

[ben willis]

--- Austinzu at aol.com wrote:

> Although I am not a big fan of BW's on the declaw
> point I will agree with  him -

There are two BWs, but we both seem to share similar 
opinions on the de-claw subject.

 and I will also say I have several big cats at
> Austin  Zoo that came to us 
> declawed and are crippled - they are on Medicam
> daily  for pain relief and 
> that is not without some drawbacks.  I have no idea
> if  a vet did the procedure 
> or as our vet speculates it was an at-home project
> done  with bolt cutters.
>  
That brings a new element to the debate. Presently,
there are no laws preventing any owner of an animal to
administer any veterinary procedures including
de-claw. This was previously discussed regarding
owners
attending to their farm animals. There are animal
cruelty laws but they are difficult to prosecute and
only carry minimal penalties.
Before someone misconstrues this as always seems to
happen, private individuals may not practice
veterinary
medicine on any animal, but this does not preclude the
owner. "Practice" in it's legal form does not mean the

owner administering to his/her animal. Just another
reason to abolish the procedures of declaw as it would

then be a violation without the difficulty in
prosecuting animal cruelty.

Ben Willis

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