Twatwaffle Tuesday
Feb 10, 2015 15:54:25 GMT -5
Post by kasaundrar on Feb 10, 2015 15:54:25 GMT -5
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Personally, if someone told me that the only way I was allowed to have a cat is if I declawed it then I wouldn't get a cat. I think assuming that the cat wouldn't end up in another home is just ridiculous.
Judge all you want, but I was 15 years old when given that ultimatum.
If there were enough homes to go around then pet over-population wouldn't be the massive issue that it is. Yeah, maybe that exact cat would end up in another home, but then perhaps then another cat wouldn't.
I agreed with you and everyone else that de-clawing can and should be avoided. I just think the arguments lumping it in with cruelty and abuse are on the extreme side. You could start to say that people can take precautions against their animals getting pregnant, so elective spay and neuter surgeries are cruel. People that don't get their pet's teeth cleaned often enough are abusive because the teeth become impacted and painful and it hurts for the pet to eat. Same if you skip a month of heart-worm preventative. Or how about those whose pets are morbidly obese (not because of a medical issue)? The animals will have more joint problems, could develop diabetes, will probably die earlier, etc.
Again, I don't agree with de-clawing but working as a vet tech for all those years I saw a lot of shit that was a lot worse and should be much more concerning to folks. The ones who were getting their cats fixed and de-clawed tended to be pretty good pet owners in the grand scheme of things. I'm just reminding people to keep that in mind.