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Is De-clawing a US thing?
I was just wondering but is de-clawing cats particular to the US? I live in
the UK and until I subscribed to this newsgroup, I didn't even know that you COULD have your cat de-clawed! Needless to say, I am totally against the idea but I have never heard of anyone here who has ever come across a de-clawed cat. Jeannie |
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"Jeannie" wrote in message
... I was just wondering but is de-clawing cats particular to the US? I live in the UK and until I subscribed to this newsgroup, I didn't even know that you COULD have your cat de-clawed! Needless to say, I am totally against the idea but I have never heard of anyone here who has ever come across a de-clawed cat. Well, you couldn't have it done in UK, because it's illegal here and in most civilised countries, apart from USA and Canada. I do have a declawed cat but she is an American rescue. Every vet here who sees her is fascinated and horrified by her paws. Helen |
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"Jeannie" wrote in message
... I was just wondering but is de-clawing cats particular to the US? I live in the UK and until I subscribed to this newsgroup, I didn't even know that you COULD have your cat de-clawed! Needless to say, I am totally against the idea but I have never heard of anyone here who has ever come across a de-clawed cat. Well, you couldn't have it done in UK, because it's illegal here and in most civilised countries, apart from USA and Canada. I do have a declawed cat but she is an American rescue. Every vet here who sees her is fascinated and horrified by her paws. Helen |
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In article , jean@NOSPAMspackman
enlightened us with... I was just wondering but is de-clawing cats particular to the US? I live in the UK and until I subscribed to this newsgroup, I didn't even know that you COULD have your cat de-clawed! Needless to say, I am totally against the idea but I have never heard of anyone here who has ever come across a de-clawed cat. Unfortunately, yeah, mostly US and Canada. Nasty - cutting off the cat's toes. *sigh* Someday, hopefully, it will be illegal here. We also greatly differ on letting cats outside - it is becoming very much a no-no here to let your cat wander about outside as it is just too dangerous most places. Between the cars, coyotes, dogs, toxic crap, evil children, and mean possums/racoons, your cat is way more likely to not come home in the morning here than in the UK. Not to mention the fact that it is rapidly becoming illegal in many places (U.S.) to allow your cat to wander (city or township ordinances) unattended because they kill birds and aggravate your neighbors. Your neighbors might decide to shoot or poison your cat if they get mad enough about it. -- ~kaeli~ It was recently discovered that research causes cancer in rats. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace |
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In article , jean@NOSPAMspackman
enlightened us with... I was just wondering but is de-clawing cats particular to the US? I live in the UK and until I subscribed to this newsgroup, I didn't even know that you COULD have your cat de-clawed! Needless to say, I am totally against the idea but I have never heard of anyone here who has ever come across a de-clawed cat. Unfortunately, yeah, mostly US and Canada. Nasty - cutting off the cat's toes. *sigh* Someday, hopefully, it will be illegal here. We also greatly differ on letting cats outside - it is becoming very much a no-no here to let your cat wander about outside as it is just too dangerous most places. Between the cars, coyotes, dogs, toxic crap, evil children, and mean possums/racoons, your cat is way more likely to not come home in the morning here than in the UK. Not to mention the fact that it is rapidly becoming illegal in many places (U.S.) to allow your cat to wander (city or township ordinances) unattended because they kill birds and aggravate your neighbors. Your neighbors might decide to shoot or poison your cat if they get mad enough about it. -- ~kaeli~ It was recently discovered that research causes cancer in rats. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace |
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A campaign should be started to get it banned everywhere - it's barbaric.
Ken -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ |
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A campaign should be started to get it banned everywhere - it's barbaric.
Ken -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ |
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I had never heard about it either before this newsgroup. Declawing is
illegal in Germany and I have never seen a declawed cat over here. Looking at my cats and how skillfully they use their claws for all kinds of stuff (defense, eating, climbing etc...) I think it is a very cruel practice. There is millions of cats over here that have their claws and there is no problems which in my opinion puts the whole procedure into doubt..... |
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