"MaryL" wrote in message
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:

Christina Websell wrote:

I didn't know that declawing was still legal in Canada.
It should be illegal everywhere in a humane world.
Imagine having your fingerails plucked out just in case you decided
to
damage the furniture.

If it were ONLY fingernails, it might not be so bad. (Think first
joints of all your fingers!)

It would still be inhumane even if it were only the claws, because *cats
have claws for a reason*! Claws are their main defense, and they also
allow a cat to climb up trees or other things to get away from danger
quickly. I don't know why people don't mention that when they talk about
declawing. I think that leaving them defenseless is the worst part of it.

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Do you have any idea why it is still legal in North America & Canada?
Is your furniture more precious than ours? Or do you think your vets like
the money from doing it?

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Second attempt -- once again, my first reply to you seems to have gone
astray. Basically, I said that I do not know why it is legal in the U.S.
and Canada (and also a few other countries) but not in most nations. I
only
know that there is a long history illustrating this difference. Likewise,
I
don't know why money would be more significant to vets in the U.S., but it
is my opinion that that is the reason why so many support the practice.
Fortunately, there is a growing number of vets who refuse to declaw--and
also of patients who will not patronize vets who do so. That is *not*
intended as a justification. It is a cruel and abominable practice.

MaryL

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One additional comment: Even in the U.S., there are far more cats with
claws than declawed cats. That is still far too many. In fact, *one* is
too many unless it is one of the rare cases where it is needed for medical
reasons.

I blame your vets for doing it, if they refused it would never happen