Thanks for this Natalie........ People need to know how HORRIBLE this declaw surgery is.
Please send us the article you mentioned. Lorrie On 08-26, Natalie wrote: > I would seriously consider declawing very, very seriously- it is the > most devastating thing for a cat. Knowing what I do, I would be more > heartbroken doing it to a beloved cat than being without the cat, > trust me. I wonder how a cat would feel if > > he/she knew that it had a choice between missing the owner or having > their paws mutilated? According to Dr. Nicholas Doddman, who wrote > The Cat that Cried for Help, after declawing surgery, cats feel such > extreme pain that they either climb the walls of the cage or sit > completely morose and cowering in the corner, something that their > owners will never see. I have a copy of an article written for NY > Times Magazine a few years ago, where a woman writes about declawing > her older cat because her mother's oriental rug was being scratched > up. It is one of my hand-out's to adopters - the story is > heartbreaking, and very typical. After the hurricane is over, I will > scan it and post it. It is probably the best I've read, without going > into the gory details of declawing. > > Natalie > > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
