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I know many have deep and passionate views on this subject, but there
are young people that read this newsgroup.

You don't know me, but I just bought my daughter a kitten (a rescued
ragdoll mix) and she was reading this newsgroup.
Just so happens, I jumped on the computer and started reading.  I'm glad
I read this message instead of her.

I know you can get your message across without using this type of
language.

Thanks!
Jim Smith

I agree with Jim about the profanity. Also, my first reaction to
anybody who says they have a cat declawed would be to say they are
cruel and should have their fingers amputated.

However... Here in Holland, and in most of Europe, people know that
declawing is unnecessary, cruel mutilation. In fact declawing has been
outlawed some years ago, thank goodness!

But in the States things would appear to be different, many people do
not seem to know what they are doing to their beloved animal! In the
case of Cam, seems to me he does love his cat, since he posted his
concern here. So he was probably uninformed, which is bad but...

IT IS THE VET WHO IS THE REAL IDIOT!

Doing this when someone comes in with a cat without informing them of
the consequences is just horrible. Only in it for the money obviously,
any vet with love for animals would /never/ do this.

I took my kitty to a certain vet once and noticed he wasn't very nice
to the animal. Needless to say I didn't go there again, later I found
out this guy declawed when it was still legal. a.shole, I've been
planning to smash his windows or something.

Anyway back to the point I am trying to make: Us Europeans can't do
much about the situation in the States. But American kitty lovers,
please try educate your fellow citizens as much as you can.
Perhaps a thread 'Why declawing is really really bad' should be
available in all cat usenet groups at all time. Hopefully at least
/some/ cat owners will see the light before it is too late...

Still Sad...

I would pity him!

The poor cat cannot do anymore what all cats do with their claws.

My cat has caused damage everywhere in my house, but things can be bought
again, and they are THINGS not BEINGS like your little friend.

I really do not understand.

Emanuela

No, Cal or Clem or whatever his name is isn't an evil person. He is...

1) A person who does not know any better (he seems to care about his cat).
2) An ignorant person who had the sense that this was wrong but chose to kep
his head in the sand.
3) A man who really should post the name, town and phone # of his Vet (who
can't really hide behind #1 or#2 can he?)
4) Another very good troll in this ng (when will we learn?). This is my
vote.

Maybe old Caleb wrote this post through tears after realizing what a mistake
he'd made with his cat. He may very well deserve to rot in hell but I
suspect the vet will be in a worse level because he not only knows what
suffering he is inflicting but he does it solely for money (there is no
health benefit for the procedure so what other motive could there be for a
vet to do it?)

I knew an older woman who had her beloved cat declawed thinking it was sort
of a permanent or long-term nail trim. I want you to know that she suffered
immeasurably when she realized what she'd done to this cat. Nowadays there
are stil a few Clems left who don't know but I think it's on the vet. Cob is
probably just a troll but he maybe a dumbshit who cares about his cat and is
waking up to the situation.

The word "Alex" must appear in the subject line of emails sent to this
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 ----- Original Message -----
 From: Not Very
 Newsgroups: alt.animals.cat
 Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 6:58 PM
 Subject: Re: De-clawed cat is still limping

 On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 23:16:08 -0400, "Cam Boutin" <cjboutin@hotmail.com>
wrote:

 > Hi,
 >
 > My 3 yr old car was declawed about 2 monthes ago. Big problem with
furniture
 > and rugs.He jumps on and off  furniture is real cudley but used to run
 > around basement and house before de-clawing. Now he just lays around
sits on
 > our lap is in-active and weighs 18lbs.

 You are an evil person for having a cat de-clawed.  I hope you rot in
hell.