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- From: cldavies@nyx.cs.du.edu (cindy davies)
- Subject: Re: DECLAWING?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.154853.10161@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 15:48:53 GMT
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- In article <1669.110.uupcb@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us> laurel.schippers@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Laurel Schippers) writes:
- >from bron@iastate.edu
- >---
- >96% of the feline owners giving up their cats for scratching problems
- >will NEVER own another cat. The most common reason is the problems they
- >had with their previous cat, and they don't want to try again with a new
- >one.
- >---
- >
- >Hm, interesting. I have two questions about these owners:
- >
- >1) Why didn't they get the cats declawed BEFORE taking them to
- >an animal shelter?
-
- Agreed, but with so much anti-declaw retoric out there, they might have bought
- into the notion "better dead, the declawed". Besides lots of people tell
- themselves clever little lies... She's such a nice cat. I'm sure someone will
- want her.
- >
- >2) Why didn't they try claw-clipping or behavior training first?
- >
- >It seems to me that if your cat is an incorrigible scratcher,
- >you get the cat declawed--you don't take the cat to an animal
- >shelter to be killed. Sounds like those owners didn't want to
- >be bothered by owning the cats anymore, really.
-
- No, you don't understand, if you can't train your cat in two easy lessions, you
- have failed as a cat owner, If you arn't lucky enough to get a cat that can
- be trained easily, you should live with shreaded drapes, children etc. ;-)
- >
- >Sure, it would be better if the HS offered low-cost declawing
- >and spaying as well. But the problem seems primarily to be
- >dumb owners.
-
- Are you kidding? Many shelters make you sign an oath in blood, that not only
- will you not get this cat declawed, you will never declaw a cat in the future,
- have never declawed on in the past (or are really really really sorry if you
- did) ...
-
- I am currently owned by two cats and two dogs. Non of my animals have been
- subjected to surgury for "cosmetic" reasons. The cats have their claws, the
- schnauzer has his ears. However. If I did not own my own home and had to
- deal with a landlord, or if every stick of furniture I owned didn't already
- look like I lived in a house owned and operated for the comfort of the
- animals I would certainly be willing to have a cat declawed if it was the only
- option. I would also consider declawing if I were unlucky enough to get a
- "mad slasher" cat again. Last time I had one of those he was schedualed to
- be fixed and declawed when he clawed the catsitter, escaped from the house
- and was run over...If he hadn't had claws.. who knows. He might still be with
- us.
-
-
- --
-
- TNSTAAFD -- There's No Such Thing As A Free Dog.
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