I'm from the Netherlands. Its illegal to declaw there. People who want to have it done anyway will bring them to Belgium to have it done. :-/
On Aug 29, 2011 12:25 PM, "Beth" <create_me_...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Our shelter does not allow our cats to be declawed. We tell them about declawing , offer free nail clipping at the shelter, or suggest they adopt an already declawed cat. > I don't agree with having laws against declawing. I think you will just end up with more cats being dumped in shelters of outside. I think education is the best way to get people away from declawing. > > > Beth > > Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org > > > > ________________________________ > From: tamara stickler <tlstick...@yahoo.com> > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 10:19 AM > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Declawing - list of countries where it is illegal! > > > I never place a rescue cat with a person if they are going to declaw - BUT - I DO offer free nail clipping for the duration for any cats that I place in homes (as long as they are local...w/in 1.5 hrs.) for the life of the cat. > > I even have a woman who I turned down for cat adoption - that adopted from a shelter later - that asks me to come over once or twice a month to clip the cat's nails. She still doesn't understand HOW or WHY it is inhumane - even after I explained it to her....but - it really doesn't matter. She is allowing her cat to keep it's nails a long as I clip them - so- I'm willing to do that. > > Terri - WAY TO GO standing your ground! - even if it did cost you an apt. and job. Good kharma will be the pay off for you! > > Tamara > > --- On Sat, 8/27/11, Natalie <at...@optonline.net> wrote: > > >>From: Natalie <at...@optonline.net> >>Subject: [Felvtalk] Declawing - list of countries where it is illegal! >>To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >>Date: Saturday, August 27, 2011, 9:44 AM >> >> >> >>A question about which states do NOT allow declawing: http://cats.about.com/od/declawing/f/uslaws.htm >>A list of countries where declawing is illegal: http://www.declawing.com/list.html >>From:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Terri Brown >>Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 9:52 PM >>To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >>Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors >> >>Paws come with claws. Period. I once lost a job opportunity (which came with a free apartment) because the owner wanted me to declaw. I told him: "Unfortunately for you, it will NEVER happen, because I believe it's cruelty to animals." >> >>Needless to say, I never got called for a second interview. >> >>And I'd do it again. >> >>I think I was about 37 at the time. I've always had a big mouth..... >> >>=^..^= Terri, Siggie the Tomato Vampire, Guinevere, Travis, Dori and 6 furangels: Ruthie, Samantha, Arielle, Gareth, Alec, Salome and Sammi =^..^= >>----- Original Message ----- >>>From:Natalie >>>To:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >>>Sent:Friday, August 26, 2011 8:04 PM >>>Subject:Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors >>> >>>I would seriously consider declawing very, very seriously- it is the most devastating thing for a cat. Knowing what I do, I would be more heartbroken doing it to a beloved cat than being without the cat, trust me. I wonder how a cat would feel if >>>he/she knew that it had a choice between missing the owner or having their paws mutilated? According to Dr. Nicholas Doddman, who wrote The Cat that Cried for Help, after declawing surgery, cats feel such extreme pain that they either climb the walls of the cage or sit completely morose and cowering in the corner, something that their owners will never see. I have a copy of an article written for NY Times Magazine a few years ago, where a woman writes about declawing her older cat because her mother's oriental rug was being scratched up. It is one of my hand-out's to adopters - the story is heartbreaking, and very typical. After the hurricane is over, I will scan it and post it. It is probably the best I've read, without going into the gory details of declawing. >>>Natalie >>> >>>From:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika >>>Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 7:22 PM >>>To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >>>Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors >>> >>>Sorry! This is a 62 email thread in gmail. I don't know how your email program organizes stuff. Anyway I did not look at the date. >>> >>>I've seen cats (especially senior cats) mourn their owners literally to death after being given away, and honestly in that case I'd rather declaw them. Hopefully I will not need to make that choice. >>>On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Natalie <at...@optonline.net> wrote: >>>OMG - you are responding to a post from March..I thought that I was going crazy and somehow missed a whole thread of talking about declawing, NOW! >>>There are also some apartments that allow cats ONLY if they are declawed.I guess they prefer taking their chances of those cats peeing everywhere instead of possibly scratching something, and it would most likely be the tenants' own furniture! >>>I would rather give my cat away than declaw it - especially when it's an older cat - it's so much harder on them (not that it isn't on young(er) cats). >>>There needs to be a lot of education on declawing and what the psychological/emotional and physical effects can take be. We have had a few abandoned declawed cats, and I have witnessed almost all of them...but all the damage had already been done, and what was I to do - throw them out or kill them? I found some homes that understood the ramifications and dealt with the problems as well as they could. >>>From:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika >>>Keep Cats Indoors >>> Because if the owner has to go into the nursing home and is fortunate enough to find one where they can take their cat, the nursing home is likely to require declawing. >>>On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Natalie <at...@optonline.net> wrote: >>>That is true, but I don't understand why an old person can't have a cat with >>>claws. Dealing mostly with feral cats, I have never been bitten or >>>scratched - what's the danger, I am 70 yrs old. And as I said, bites are a >>>natural defense for declawed cats! >>-----Inline Attachment Follows----- >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Felvtalk mailing list >>Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >>http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >> > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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