tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053301620588978911.post6992631966962459058..comments2024-03-23T14:33:55.937+00:00Comments on Cat Chit Chat: AVMA Policy on Declawing CatsMichael Broad LLB, ARPShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16519409844284574079noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053301620588978911.post-5432188119014881272009-07-13T12:07:26.927+00:002009-07-13T12:07:26.927+00:00Hi Susan, Thanks for the comment. I hate vets who ...Hi Susan, Thanks for the comment. I hate vets who do this. You know one justification for doing it is that is stops people disposing of a cat that damages furniture. But the vets are indirectly responsible for the throw away culture of cats because people know that it can be declawed. In other words they will only keep a cat when it is customised by declawing. These people shouldn't keep catsMichael Broad LLB, ARPShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16519409844284574079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053301620588978911.post-54373695553824745292009-07-13T10:59:13.665+00:002009-07-13T10:59:13.665+00:00Thanks for more great TRUTH telling Michael! I am ...Thanks for more great TRUTH telling Michael! I am all for BANNING this atrocity & prosecuting the vets. The "last resort" means NO cat is safe! The vets claim in my city (Cincinnati) that 60-95% of their cat clients are declawed, despicable. They advertise it, encourage it, etc, meanwhile it is NOT keeping cats in homes or making them more valuable pets, they are being DISPOSED of Susan in Ohio, USAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053301620588978911.post-76434191386788335072009-07-13T04:36:14.374+00:002009-07-13T04:36:14.374+00:00Thanks for the comment about animal welfare groups...Thanks for the comment about animal welfare groups not stepping in and voicing concern. I'll tackle that one next. As you say it is nothing short of animal cruelty and in the UK the vet would probably be <a href="http://www.pictures-of-cats.org/Laws-on-domestic-cat-breeds-wild-cat-species-and-animal-rights-law-enforcement.html#UK_" rel="nofollow">prosecuted for a crime</a> under the <a href="Michael Broad LLB, ARPShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16519409844284574079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053301620588978911.post-51354043556108097872009-07-13T04:28:16.823+00:002009-07-13T04:28:16.823+00:00Hi, there is no doubt that vets who declaw without...Hi, there is no doubt that vets who declaw without a very good (and rarely occurring) reason are in breach of their oath. And most if not nearly all cats (20,000,000) in the USA are declawed without good reason!Michael Broad LLB, ARPShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16519409844284574079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053301620588978911.post-53022836248129240722009-07-12T23:15:15.000+00:002009-07-12T23:15:15.000+00:00I thought that there was an oath that vets take up...I thought that there was an oath that vets take upon graduation that they will do no harm. This seems to me that this is a major breach of promise.<br /><br />Sigh.<br />Jokneadstoknowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366628499965281614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053301620588978911.post-37163041111229840172009-07-12T22:53:09.122+00:002009-07-12T22:53:09.122+00:00BRAVO for exposing the AVMA's deceptive & ...BRAVO for exposing the AVMA's deceptive & fraudulent position statement for the dismemberment of a cats healthy body parts - it is nothing less than ANIMAL CRUELTY! What's also deplorable is the lack of advocacy & protection from the animal welfare organizations on this issue, like The Humane Society of the United States, that still stand behind the "better to cripple than FED UP in the USA!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053301620588978911.post-75794477630573331432009-07-12T13:42:07.274+00:002009-07-12T13:42:07.274+00:00A brilliant write up showing up the AVMA for what ...A brilliant write up showing up the AVMA for what they really are.They and the vets who declaw, are abusing cats, there is no other word for it,they are committing a crime which is punishable in 37 countries and they shouldn't be allowed to get away with it any longer.Cats are worthless to them,in the USA they don't even count the number of declawed cats scientists use in labs to kattaddorrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06395501460260033099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053301620588978911.post-38664394974369859942009-07-12T13:26:28.326+00:002009-07-12T13:26:28.326+00:00Once again an awesome blog and straight to the hea...Once again an awesome blog and straight to the heart of it. The AVMA are partners in crime with the money grubbing vets who mutilate cats and kittens on demand. It's time they honoured their oaths and did nothing unless it were for the benefit and wellbeing of the cat and NOT the owner.Babzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18182524888622005409noreply@blogger.com