"Christine K." wrote in
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Annie kirjoitti:
i need to declaw my little mitzi because she is tearing up
the furniture but my sister says thats cruel

the vet says its fine and i believe him over my sister
because she is one of those peta nuts who puts the welfare
of
animals over that of people

annie

You're probably just a troll, but just in case you're
ignorant about
it, here goes... Have you ever thought what is actually
done when a
cat is declawed?? It has its toes amputated at the first
joint of the
toe. Imagine having your own fingers cut off at the joint
right after
the nail.

Here's some extensive information on declawing and why not
to do it:
http://amby.com/cat_site/declaw.html

Before getting a cat, you should have gathered information
about its
natural behaviour and how to deal with it humanely - such
as providing
it with legitimate scratching surfaces, scratching poles
and the like.
Or maybe you belong to those people who get pets and treat
them as
toys and not like living beings. When you get bored with it
or it
"gets broken" you throw it away...


i appreciate the link but i dont appreciate the name-calling
and the personal attacks from you and from other people

my vet said declawing should be the last resort and i have
tried everything else so it is the last resort

i love mitzi and im not going to give her away when i can
keep her if i just have a procedure done that is no worse
than when i had her spayed