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Houston Humane Society is advertising front paw declawing!!
This is disgusting! I wrote a few days ago to defend some of the HSUS practices, but this is absolutely revolting. Read what the Houston Humane Society (note: Houston, not the national HSUS) is advertising as a "Valentine's Day special" for cats (free neutering accompanied by a *reduced rate for front paw declawing*): "We will be neutering 300 male cats only (NO FEMALES) that day. There will be no general public surgery-other than the male cats. We will be declawing only a small amount of male cats for the normal price of $60 (front paws only)." The flyer also says, "Show your cat you love him on Valentine's Day by helping him live a longer, healthier life." In other words, they are really saying: show your cat you love him by mutilating his front feet. I am going to contact them and let them know exactly what I think. You can see the flyer advertising this "special" he http://www.houstonhumane.org/spay.aspx Here is the number they listed to schedule appointment and receive pre-operative instructions: 713-433-6421 And here is the email address they listed for support and donations: I don't normally cross-post, but I am including several cats' newsgroups with this message because I think it is such an abomination for a "humane society" to perform declawing, and I hope some of you will write or call. -- MaryL |
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Houston Humane Society is advertising front paw declawing!!
Believe it or not they're advertising this on their web site as well. Very
disgusting that they are promoting declawing. -- Cat Galaxy: All Cats! All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com Panther TEK: Staying On Top Of Your Computer Needs! www.panthertekit.com "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message ... This is disgusting! I wrote a few days ago to defend some of the HSUS practices, but this is absolutely revolting. Read what the Houston Humane Society (note: Houston, not the national HSUS) is advertising as a "Valentine's Day special" for cats (free neutering accompanied by a *reduced rate for front paw declawing*): "We will be neutering 300 male cats only (NO FEMALES) that day. There will be no general public surgery-other than the male cats. We will be declawing only a small amount of male cats for the normal price of $60 (front paws only)." The flyer also says, "Show your cat you love him on Valentine's Day by helping him live a longer, healthier life." In other words, they are really saying: show your cat you love him by mutilating his front feet. I am going to contact them and let them know exactly what I think. You can see the flyer advertising this "special" he http://www.houstonhumane.org/spay.aspx Here is the number they listed to schedule appointment and receive pre-operative instructions: 713-433-6421 And here is the email address they listed for support and donations: I don't normally cross-post, but I am including several cats' newsgroups with this message because I think it is such an abomination for a "humane society" to perform declawing, and I hope some of you will write or call. -- MaryL |
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Houston Humane Society is advertising front paw declawing!! - slight correction
"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message ... This is disgusting! I wrote a few days ago to defend some of the HSUS practices, but this is absolutely revolting. Read what the Houston Humane Society (note: Houston, not the national HSUS) is advertising as a "Valentine's Day special" for cats (free neutering accompanied by a *reduced rate for front paw declawing*): "We will be neutering 300 male cats only (NO FEMALES) that day. There will be no general public surgery-other than the male cats. We will be declawing only a small amount of male cats for the normal price of $60 (front paws only)." The flyer also says, "Show your cat you love him on Valentine's Day by helping him live a longer, healthier life." In other words, they are really saying: show your cat you love him by mutilating his front feet. I am going to contact them and let them know exactly what I think. You can see the flyer advertising this "special" he http://www.houstonhumane.org/spay.aspx Here is the number they listed to schedule appointment and receive pre-operative instructions: 713-433-6421 And here is the email address they listed for support and donations: I don't normally cross-post, but I am including several cats' newsgroups with this message because I think it is such an abomination for a "humane society" to perform declawing, and I hope some of you will write or call. -- MaryL Once again, I let my fingers move faster than my brain. The Houston Humane Society is not advertising a "special rate" on declawing. The special is for free neutering, but declawing can also be done at the "regular rate" of $60.00. If anything, though, that makes it *even worse* to think that the Humane Society would think of declawing as a "normal" thing to do and would even sponsor it. I think I am going to be sick!! -- MaryL |
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Houston Humane Society is advertising front paw declawing!!
"Cat Protector" wrote in message ... Believe it or not they're advertising this on their web site as well. Very disgusting that they are promoting declawing. -- Cat Galaxy: All Cats! All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com Please note that the link I posted is to the Houston Humane Society. As was discussed in this NG earlier, local groups usually are not part of the HSUS itself. I went to the HSUS page and could not find anything similar. In fact, there are a number of links there in opposition to declawing: http://www.hsus.org/ http://www.hsus.org/search.jsp -- MaryL |
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Houston Humane Society is advertising front paw declawing!! - slight correction
Yes, it was noted that their is a free neuter day but to bunch that in with
declawing a cat as a way to promote their health is pretty disgusting. The Arizona Humane Society from what I've recalled has commented that they don't promote nor support declawing. Usually they try to educate people on what is involved with declawing. Yesterday, I was at one of the Petsmarts and a guy came in and asked Paw Placement about adopting a cat. When the question came up on how the guy feels about declawing, the guy said he supports it and that when adopting he will declaw the cat in order to protect is $15,000 couch. Anyone more worried about their couch or other object than the safety and well being of the animal shouldn't be allowed to adopt a cat. He walked away and most likely is going to try and find a group that will allow him mutilate the cat. Paw Placement has an anti-declaw policy in the adoption contract and if someone declaws a cat from their organization, they have the right to seize the cat. -- Cat Galaxy: All Cats! All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com Panther TEK: Staying On Top Of Your Computer Needs! www.panthertekit.com "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message ... "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message ... This is disgusting! I wrote a few days ago to defend some of the HSUS practices, but this is absolutely revolting. Read what the Houston Humane Society (note: Houston, not the national HSUS) is advertising as a "Valentine's Day special" for cats (free neutering accompanied by a *reduced rate for front paw declawing*): "We will be neutering 300 male cats only (NO FEMALES) that day. There will be no general public surgery-other than the male cats. We will be declawing only a small amount of male cats for the normal price of $60 (front paws only)." The flyer also says, "Show your cat you love him on Valentine's Day by helping him live a longer, healthier life." In other words, they are really saying: show your cat you love him by mutilating his front feet. I am going to contact them and let them know exactly what I think. You can see the flyer advertising this "special" he http://www.houstonhumane.org/spay.aspx Here is the number they listed to schedule appointment and receive pre-operative instructions: 713-433-6421 And here is the email address they listed for support and donations: I don't normally cross-post, but I am including several cats' newsgroups with this message because I think it is such an abomination for a "humane society" to perform declawing, and I hope some of you will write or call. -- MaryL Once again, I let my fingers move faster than my brain. The Houston Humane Society is not advertising a "special rate" on declawing. The special is for free neutering, but declawing can also be done at the "regular rate" of $60.00. If anything, though, that makes it *even worse* to think that the Humane Society would think of declawing as a "normal" thing to do and would even sponsor it. I think I am going to be sick!! -- MaryL |
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Houston Humane Society is advertising front paw declawing!! - slight correction
"Cat Protector" wrote in message ... Yes, it was noted that their is a free neuter day but to bunch that in with declawing a cat as a way to promote their health is pretty disgusting. The Arizona Humane Society from what I've recalled has commented that they don't promote nor support declawing. Usually they try to educate people on what is involved with declawing. -- Cat Galaxy: All Cats! All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com Yes, but I walked into the same trap as we discussed on this newsgroup several days ago. That is, I failed to differentiate between HSUS and local Humane Societies. In this case, the flyer comes specifically from the Houston Humane Society. The HSUS site discusses "Spay Day" in February, but nothing about declawing. MaryL |
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Houston Humane Society is advertising front paw declawing!!
On Sun 11 Feb 2007 01:36:48p, MaryL wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav : This is disgusting! I wrote a few days ago to defend some of the HSUS practices, but this is absolutely revolting. Read what the Houston Humane Society (note: Houston, not the national HSUS) is advertising as a "Valentine's Day special" for cats (free neutering accompanied by a *reduced rate for front paw declawing*): "We will be neutering 300 male cats only (NO FEMALES) that day. There will be no general public surgery-other than the male cats. We will be declawing only a small amount of male cats for the normal price of $60 (front paws only)." The flyer also says, "Show your cat you love him on Valentine's Day by helping him live a longer, healthier life." In other words, they are really saying: show your cat you love him by mutilating his front feet. I am going to contact them and let them know exactly what I think. You can see the flyer advertising this "special" he http://www.houstonhumane.org/spay.aspx Here is the number they listed to schedule appointment and receive pre-operative instructions: 713-433-6421 And here is the email address they listed for support and donations: I don't normally cross-post, but I am including several cats' newsgroups with this message because I think it is such an abomination for a "humane society" to perform declawing, and I hope some of you will write or call. Disgusting. I'm saving the email address and will send them my outrage. Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Mary. -- Cheryl |
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Houston Humane Society is advertising front paw declawing!!
I just sent them an email!
Hope they get a few hundred more... Rhonda MaryL wrote: This is disgusting! I wrote a few days ago to defend some of the HSUS practices, but this is absolutely revolting. |
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Houston Humane Society is advertising front paw declawing!! -slight correction
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:20:43 -0700, Cat Protector wrote:
Yes, it was noted that their is a free neuter day but to bunch that in with declawing a cat as a way to promote their health is pretty disgusting. Hmmm. It seems to me that cutting off a cat's nuts is a pretty substantial form of mutilation. It's done to make the animal into a more satisfactory domestic pet, right? Charlie |
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Houston Humane Society is advertising front paw declawing!! - slight correction
"Charlie Wilkes" wrote in message m... On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:20:43 -0700, Cat Protector wrote: Yes, it was noted that their is a free neuter day but to bunch that in with declawing a cat as a way to promote their health is pretty disgusting. Hmmm. It seems to me that cutting off a cat's nuts is a pretty substantial form of mutilation. It's done to make the animal into a more satisfactory domestic pet, right? No, not primarily for that reason. It is done to prevent breeding, as there are so many unwanted animals now. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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