[FEL-L] USDA no more declawing or defanging!

[Tim Stoffel]

On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 08:43 -0400, GemOJungle at aol.com wrote:
> Declawing or the removal of the canine teeth (fangs) in wild or exotic
> carnivores
> or nonhuman primates is no longer considered to be appropriate
> veterinary care
> unless prescribed by the attending veterinarian for treatment of
> individual medical
> problems of the paws or teeth.

This is just one of a whole plethora of new requirements designed to do
nothing but drive up the cost of keeping animals. I am not so much
opposed to not declawing as I am to the fact that the government no
longer allows a choice.

Just another fine example of 'regulation creep'.

Tim Stoffel