Declawing

"John Doe" wrote in message
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" evgmsop earthlink.net wrote:

John Doe wrote:

Cats use their claws for practically everything they do, not
just for self-defense. Cats use their claws for hunting,
playing, exercise, soft defense, and for getting from here to
there.

Have you ever actually OBSERVED a declawed cat in action?

I have not, and I never will except maybe by chance. But I have
this thing called COMMON SENSE that trumps your claim to have a
declawed cat and your superficial observations. I have managed
cats for many years, I have thoughtfully observed them, and I know
much about how they use their claws and what their claws are used
for.

Watching Cendrillon, you'd not realize she has no front claws.

As more than a superficial observer, the difference would be
obvious to me.

She still has TOES, after all -

The idea that a cat's toes are comparable to a cat's claws is just
silly.

they only amputate the first joint in the declawing process.
People might not be very happy to lose the first joints of their
fingers, either, but as amputees, they'd adjust - their hands
and the remains of the fingers (including the opposable thumb)
would still be there.

There is no comparison between a cat's claw and an individual
joint of a human finger.

Cats do not use their joints to hang on to anything, they use
their claws. Cats use their claws unlike anything we use our
individual joints for. Removing a cat's claw is is not at all like
removing just the first joint of a human finger, it is like
removing the entire finger. A gymnast cannot grab onto a crossbar
with the first joint of his finger, he has to use the whole
finger. A cat cannot grab onto a tree (or an enemy, or prey, or a
ball, or a climbing post) without claws.

A cat's claws are what it uses to grab onto things. Are you
seriously saying that you do not know that much? Apparently you
have no idea of how things that you see actually work.

I don't believe in docking dogs' tails, either, but even
tail-less they manage to "wag".

And what the **** does a dog's tail have to do with a cat's claws?

Uhg.
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(Barbaric as both practices are, the
animal doesn't miss what it has never had, it simply gets on with its
life.)

So, how is your adopted declawed cat doing these days, in your
view?

She seems perfectly happy - certainly has no problem climbing the cat
tree, nor claiming the tops of the refrigerator and my china cabinet as
her territory! You'd think she'd be at a disadvantage in wrestling
matches with Melisande, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Nor does
she have any difficulty chasing Melisande all over the apartment. When
the two have differences of opinion, wins and losses seem to be evenly
divided, claws or no claws.



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My B-K uses his claws to dig the last bits of food out of his little orange
plastic cups that I buy him in the supermarket. Declawing a cat is like
having your fingers chopped off. It disables the cat for no good purpose.