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Posted by mickey4paws on October 05, 2002 at 12:11:45:

In Reply to: Educate- Don\'t Amputate! posted by CatNip on September 24, 2002 at 17:01:56:

:Sorry for rambling - the subject is very frustrating. I work in animal rescue now and see many kitties at the shelters that have not only been declawed but then also just been "thrown away" as they got older and developed health or behavioral problems because of the amputation. It's a vicious cycle and guess who the loser is....

Please do not apologize for an excellent post!! Digit amputation (declawing) is a most horrific and cruel act upon cats. If we don't speak up, who will? Certainly not cats. I think it's despicable how these vets don't tell people that declawing is actually 10 separate painful amputations of the last digit of each toe. Instead many of them offer a "spay/neuter/declaw package." Makes me sick. Thanks to the internet, more and more people are being educated about this terrible procedure and hopefully one day it will be abolished.

Lauren

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