oi Tim!! we should just shoot all cats with claws, then we don't have to worry about them.
bang bang!! -- ------------------------------------ Thursday, September 11, 2003, 1:52:13 PM, you wrote: HT> "Not to mention the infections that will result from the surgery" HT> "Does it result in pain and serious infection for the animal?" HT> Ok, so no matter what you do the cat will become infected? This is HT> ridiculous man. You know that's not true. HT> Listen I don't think it's right to do all the time. I have an indoor cat HT> and an outdoor cat. The indoor is declawed, the outdoor needs em for HT> defense. It's that simple for me. HT> I mean, would you not get your dog spayed or neutered? That's mean and HT> painful, but it stops them from getting certain types of cancer, and helps HT> them to live longer. HT> Also declawing is much better for those people that aren't going to take HT> proper care of their animals. I have seen the results of cat's claws grown HT> far to long. They split, bleed and get infected. HT> Timothy Heald HT> Information Systems Manager HT> Overseas Security Advisory Council HT> U.S. Department of State HT> 571.345.2319 HT> The opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. HT> Department of State or any affiliated organization(s). Nor have these HT> opinions been approved or sanctioned by these organizations. This e-mail is HT> unclassified based on the definitions in E.O. 12958. HT> -----Original Message----- HT> From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] HT> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 1:48 PM HT> To: CF-Community HT> Subject: RE: Declawing cats HT> Is it a necessary procedure? Does it diminish its chances of defending HT> itself? Are there HT> viable alternatives? HT> you decide. HT> larry HT> At 01:00 PM 9/11/2003, you wrote: >>Would you call clipping the ears of Dobermans etc. mutilation as well? >> >>-Gel >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>Not in the slightest. Consider this how would you feel if you had the >>first >>joint of all your fingers torn out. Its about the same. Not to mention >>the >>infections that will result from the surgery etc. Its mutilation pure >>and >>simple. >> >>larry >> >> >> HT> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com
