About
Declawing:
 What
happens when a cat is declawed? The claw is
attached to the toe of a cat in the same manner as
the tip of your toe, that section of the toe
including the toenail, and is attached to
the second section of the cats toe, with tendons
and muscle. THE CLAW IS NOT JUST A TOENAIL.
Declawing is done quite crudely with a device, a
toe-clipper, just like a pet toenail clipper,
except that it is a bit larger. The procedure can
be equated to chopping the claw off with an axe.
It in no way resembles surgery, as we know it, nor
is it not done cleanly and neatly at the joint. And
it has to be done over and over again until every
claw has been severed. Muscles, nerves,
tendons and fur are cut and the bone is sliced
leaving bone fragments and splinters, and commonly
the resulting wound is NOT sewn shut with stitches
but coated with super glue. Can you imagine having
the end portion of ALL of your toes and fingers
removed, in so crude and cruel manner? Read it!
It’s all here in the links I’ve listed below.
Sometimes, a portion of the claw is not removed
completely, and will grow back in some deformed,
grotesque fashion that will eventually REQUIRE
SURGERY, AGAIN. Declawing actually cripples the
cat IMMEDIATELY and for life. It is ANIMAL
MUTILATION, simply stated . . . and should be
regarded by the general public and law enforcement
officials at all Federal, State and local levels,
as a crime deserving of serious punishment and
penalty. Doctors of Veterinary Medicine should not
only refuse to perform this surgery, but should
speak out loudly against it. (Some Doctors do
refuse to declaw) and the practice is outlawed in
some countries, and should be here also. Review
the website, read about this horrendous practice,
the declawing of a feline . . . and see the
pictures.
GOTO: http://www.pawproject.com/html/cases.asp?SortOrder=1
(Please
note: permission to quote from the Paw Project and
to use these images has been granted)
In
a message dated 9/18/2005 1:21:31 P.M. Pacific
Standard Time, easyfrank@kitnzluv.com writes:
With
permission, I would like use your images and
also to create a link to your website "DECLAWING
AND PAW REPAIR SURGERY" and to Naala's
Story and your Video.
Yes,
you have permission.
Jim
Jensvold
The Paw Project
PO Box 445
Santa Monica, CA 90406
www.pawproject.com
Bobby's
Story:
This
bobcat was declawed by complete amputation
(disarticulation) of the last bone in the finger,
the third phalanx. By the time he was 5 years old,
he stopped walking and was very reluctant even to
stand on his front feet.
When
Paw Project veterinarians examined him, the
infection and bone popped right out of the skin.
Now that his feet are repaired, this bobcat is
very active and playful,
Declaw surgery, the
procedure:
The
above photo clearly shows that not only are the
nails removed in the declawing surgery, but also
the skin, fur, and soft tissue of the cat's toe.
Naala:
An
African lion that required "paw repair."
READ
ABOUT IT!
GOTO: http://www.pawproject.com/naala/naala.html
Koana:
This
video of Koana seems to have it backwards . . .
the after and the before, until you understand it
is a video of the big cat was already crippled by
declaw surgery, perhaps years before, and is
trying to walk BEFORE THE REPAIR SURGERY, and how
she was able to get around after the repair.
Significantly, you will see for yourself
how this big cat was CRIPPLED and SUFFERING
FROM BEING DECLAWED.
GOTO: http://www.pawproject.com/html/kona.html
For
other reading on the subject of declawing:
GOTO: http://www.felinefuture.com/catcare/declawing.php
GOTO: http://www.amby.com/cat_site/dc-wyntk.html
Alternatives
to declawing:
Adequate
toys and clawable cat furniture in combination
with training of the kitten early on is the
answer. Training you kitten will work, where
retraining the older cat may not work so well.
Your kits and kids never have too many toys. Even
with our large family of kittens and cats, we
bring home new toys almost every time we buy
supplies for them. The toys get lost where the
kittens and cats can’t get to them, under a
sofa, wedged behind a piece of furniture, etc . .
. and some times somebody just “picks them up”
because they are strewn about the house . . . this
is their home, too, so help them out by placing
the toys where they can play with them again, and
again, and again. This may need to be done daily
(or after the wife has vacuumed the floor) or even
more often. And there are several effective
approaches to training . . . but any training is
vastly more effective if started when the kitten
arrives at a new home, even as it learns the
location of the litter pan and the feed and water
dish. A squirt water bottle and a stern “NO!”
will work. In our home, when cats and dogs are
together, and they hear “NO!” the guilty
culprit is usually the one that will respond. They
learn quickly if you persist. For more on the
subject of alternatives to declawing:
GOTO: http://www.softpaws.com/
Declawing
is NOT an alternative! It IS ANIMAL MUTILATION! DON’T
DECLAW!!!!!
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