In , "Sharon"
wrote:

| If you go and look you will see that declawing at our practice is not
| even close to a regular procedure and only a last resort procedure.

This is the standard, I dare say AVMA-style "official", copout from vets
all over North America - the only area in the world where this cruel and
barbaric practice is condoned. I hear that the CVMA is going to take
this line in the California AB 395 hearings - that declawing is a minor,
almost insignificant part of their practices, a last resort only under
duress, yada yada yada.

Okay. Why not offer numbers? How many cats does your practice declaw,
as a percentage of total cats treated, every year? And do you think
your numbers are representative, typical of vets in your area or your
state or across the US? Would you care to offer an estimate anyway?

| Easy income? Hardly.

I beg your pardon? It's money for something that need not be done at
all. Gravy.

| As in other countries, vets will have to Just Say No. It boils down
| to attitudes in society at large.
|
| And sometimes in a very few cases it needs to be an option. VERY FEW CASES.

Like what?

Vets in other countries have no trouble saying "no cases". You might
want to think who is suffering the ethical deficiency, vets in the rest
of the world, or vets in North America. Because it *does* boil down to
ethics and attitudes.

| I understand your views and I sympathize.

I don't think you do. That is, I doubt that you sympathize with my view
that vets who declaw are morally deficient, if not defective.

| But a blind attack on my character is uncalled for.

I read the thread in alt.med.veterinary. The issue isn't your
character. It's what you're trying to evade.