Our shelter does not allow our cats to be declawed. We tell them about
declawing , offer free nail clipping at the shelter, or suggest they adopt an
already declawed cat.
I don't agree with having laws against declawing. I think you will just end up
with more cats being dumped in shelters of outside. I think education is the
best way to get people away from declawing.
Beth
Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org
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From: tamara stickler <tlstick...@yahoo.com>
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Declawing - list of countries where it is illegal!
I never place a rescue cat with a person if they are going to declaw - BUT - I
DO offer free nail clipping for the duration for any cats that I place in homes
(as long as they are local...w/in 1.5 hrs.) for the life of the cat.
I even have a woman who I turned down for cat adoption - that adopted from a
shelter later - that asks me to come over once or twice a month to clip the
cat's nails. She still doesn't understand HOW or WHY it is inhumane - even
after I explained it to her....but - it really doesn't matter. She is allowing
her cat to keep it's nails a long as I clip them - so- I'm willing to do that.
Terri - WAY TO GO standing your ground! - even if it did cost you an apt. and
job. Good kharma will be the pay off for you!
Tamara
--- On Sat, 8/27/11, Natalie <at...@optonline.net> wrote:
>From: Natalie <at...@optonline.net>
>Subject: [Felvtalk] Declawing - list of countries where it is illegal!
>To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
>Date: Saturday, August 27, 2011, 9:44 AM
>
>
>
>A question about which states do NOT allow declawing:
>http://cats.about.com/od/declawing/f/uslaws.htm
>A list of countries where declawing is illegal:
>http://www.declawing.com/list.html
>From:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org
>[mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Terri Brown
>Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 9:52 PM
>To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
>Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors
>
>Paws come with claws. Period. I once lost a job opportunity (which came with
>a free apartment) because the owner wanted me to declaw. I told him:
>"Unfortunately for you, it will NEVER happen, because I believe it's cruelty
>to animals."
>
>Needless to say, I never got called for a second interview.
>
>And I'd do it again.
>
>I think I was about 37 at the time. I've always had a big mouth.....
>
>=^..^= Terri, Siggie the Tomato Vampire, Guinevere, Travis, Dori and 6
>furangels: Ruthie, Samantha, Arielle, Gareth, Alec, Salome and Sammi =^..^=
>----- Original Message -----
>>From:Natalie
>>To:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
>>Sent:Friday, August 26, 2011 8:04 PM
>>Subject:Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors
>>
>>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
>>
>>From:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org
>>[mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika
>>Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 7:22 PM
>>To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
>>Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors
>>
>>Sorry! This is a 62 email thread in gmail. I don't know how your email
>>program organizes stuff. Anyway I did not look at the date.
>>
>>I've seen cats (especially senior cats) mourn their owners literally to death
>>after being given away, and honestly in that case I'd rather declaw them.
>>Hopefully I will not need to make that choice.
>>On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Natalie <at...@optonline.net> wrote:
>>OMG - you are responding to a post from March..I thought that I was going
>>crazy and somehow missed a whole thread of talking about declawing, NOW!
>>There are also some apartments that allow cats ONLY if they are declawed.I
>>guess they prefer taking their chances of those cats peeing everywhere
>>instead of possibly scratching something, and it would most likely be the
>>tenants' own furniture!
>>I would rather give my cat away than declaw it - especially when it's an
>>older cat - it's so much harder on them (not that it isn't on young(er)
>>cats).
>>There needs to be a lot of education on declawing and what the
>>psychological/emotional and physical effects can take be. We have had a few
>>abandoned declawed cats, and I have witnessed almost all of them...but all
>>the damage had already been done, and what was I to do - throw them out or
>>kill them? I found some homes that understood the ramifications and dealt
>>with the problems as well as they could.
>>From:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org
>>[mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika
>>Keep Cats Indoors
>> Because if the owner has to go into the nursing home and is fortunate enough
>>to find one where they can take their cat, the nursing home is likely to
>>require declawing.
>>On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Natalie <at...@optonline.net> wrote:
>>That is true, but I don't understand why an old person can't have a cat with
>>claws. Dealing mostly with feral cats, I have never been bitten or
>>scratched - what's the danger, I am 70 yrs old. And as I said, bites are a
>>natural defense for declawed cats!
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