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Casey and Gibbs explore their artistic side - sort of ...
‘Casey! Come here!’
‘What’s the matter, Gibbs?’
‘Look what Mum’s doing.’
‘What is she doing?’
‘Remember when I started introducing her to my artistic side?’
‘I think so.’
‘Well, you’ve obviously forgotten, so I’ll remind you. I dabbled with sorting out the wallpaper in the hallway and Mum freaked out.’
‘Oh, yes, I do remember that Gibbs. She didn’t seem very happy that you’d made some ‘inroads’, shall we say, into the redecoration programme.’
‘No, Casey, she didn’t seem very happy with my decorating skills at all if you remember. But now look at her, she’s busy doing her own redecoration programme. What’s more, she’s gone over the bits that I did.’
‘I can understand how frustrating that must be for you Gibbs, after all your hard work – which wasn’t appreciated at the time.’
‘It certainly wasn’t, Casey. If only humans had claws, they’d get the job done in next to no time. It didn’t take me more than a few minutes to strip that wallpaper off that section, over there.’
‘And she is rather making a complete mess of things, isn’t she, Gibbs?’
‘A bucket of soapy water, a sponge thing, her rubber gloves, and a funny scraper thing as well. What on EARTH is she doing?’
{Casey and Gibbs lie on the floor laughing themselves silly at the way Mum is taking off the wallpaper.}
‘Gibbs, that’s the funniest thing I think I’ve ever seen Mum do – apart from when she was going red in the face with that lady on the television, that time.’ {Casey wipes his eyes}
‘Oh my cats,’ Gibbs says, laughing along with Casey, ‘that was very funny. We thought she was going to ‘splode or something.’
‘Do you realise Gibbs, if Mum HAD ‘sploded, we would be having our dinner somewhere else?’
{Both cats realise the seriousness of the situation and calm down.}
‘Do you think we should offer to help Mum, Casey? If all three of us work together, the job will be finished in next to no time at all.’
‘It’s a noble thought, Gibbs, but suddenly I feel exhausted just watching her. I’m going for a lie down. Care to join me?’
Published on 19 July 2015
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In 2007, two sisters in England, Ruth Ockendon Laycock and Barbara Bates, founded this group when they discovered that the declawing of cats was happening in the USA almost routinely. UK vets have never declawed cats even when it was legal here, but since the 1950s thousands, if not millions of US cats, have gone through this painful major surgery which disables them for life.
American cat owners are offered this procedure by many vets when a kitten is booked in for neutering. Those vets don't explain that it isn't simply the claws they remove (bad enough) but it's the amputation of the cat’s ten last toe joints on their front paws. They justify this surgery by saying it keeps cats in their homes. It does not!
Many declawed cats develop problems from the declawing; the main two being litter box avoidance, because the cat never forgets the pain of digging in the litter when newly declawed and also biting. This is because the cat’s first defence, scratching in self-defence, has been taken away.
Many declawed cats end up relinquished to rescue shelters or abandoned outside defenceless, because the people who will not tolerate a cat with claws will certainly not tolerate a cat biting or messing on the carpet or soft furnishings. There are many more possible physical and/or mental problems that can arise from this surgery.
The group aims to educate Americans as to the truth about declawing, that it is cruel and that all it does is make money for the vets who do it.
The AVMA (The American Veterinary Medical Association) policy is that declawing should be only as a last resort and the client should be told it is actually ten amputations, but they don't enforce this, so vets who declaw just ignore it.
Some vets have stopped now but there are still many advertising neuter/declaw packages or declawing with discount and they won't give up while it's still legal.
This group has members worldwide and cat lovers who hate declawing are always welcome to join and help to get this abuse of cats stopped by spreading the truth about this until it is made illegal. If you would like to join this group, click on the link at the top of the page and add your voice to the others who are standing up for the welfare and well-being of cats.
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