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Am I forgetting anything. I want to make a good, logical (not emotional)
case and hope I can convince them to not do this.
Some wonderful, logical arguments against declawing can be found here.
http://www.littlebigcat.com/index.ph...brary&show=002
This is a list of countries where the procedure is illegal.
http://www.declawing.com/list.html
This page lists the things that can go wrong during a traditional
(guillotine/scalpel cuts last half of bone that has claw) declaw
surgery.
http://www.moggies.co.uk/stories/declaw.html
The things that can go wrong are multitude. If they choose to declaw
despite all you've said, they need an experienced vet who can perform
the amputation of the full last bone with a laser. This is the newest
technology and the newest procedure; it costs more, but has far less
complications and pain than the traditional mutilation, as it doesn't
actually cut bone - it separates the bones at the joint. This eliminates
the possibility of bone/claw regrowth sometimes seen in traditional
declaws.
It is still the equivalent of getting your toes cut off and trying to
walk around, though. A cat doesn't get a wheelchair. It has to walk
around on the amputated ends of its toes the very day after surgery.
And my favorite quote.
Quote:
Dr. Nicholas Dodman, Professor of Behavioral Pharmacology and Director
of the Behavior Clinic at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine
and internationally known specialist in domestic animal behavioral
research, explains declawing:
"The inhumanity of the procedure is clearly demonstrated by the nature
of cats' recovery from anesthesia following the surgery. Unlike routine
recoveries, including recovery from neutering surgeries, which are
fairly peaceful, declawing surgery results in cats bouncing off the
walls of the recovery cage because of excruciating pain. Cats that are
more stoic huddle in the corner of the recovery cage, immobilized in a
state of helplessness, presumably by overwhelming pain. Declawing fits
the dictionary definition of mutilation to a tee. Words such as deform,
disfigure, disjoint, and dismember all apply to this surgery. Partial
digital amputation is so horrible that it has been employed for torture
of prisoners of war, and in veterinary medicine, the clinical procedure
serves as model of severe pain for testing the efficacy of analgesic
drugs. Even though analgesic drugs can be used postoperatively, they
rarely are, and their effects are incomplete and transient anyway, so
sooner or later the pain will emerge." (Excerpted from The Cat Who
Cried For Help, Dodman N, Bantam Books, New York).
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