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From: maggie2@iwpba.UUCP (maggie2)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: Please neuter, but don't declaw
Message-ID: <135@iwpba.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 26-Mar-84 12:41:41 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 26 12:41:41 1984
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I also put off declawing my strictly indoor cats thinking it
was cruel.  But I could find no way to keep them from clawing
my furniture and draperies when I wasn't home.  Clipping them
doesn't help much.  My cats have no problems climbing without
their claws (only the front ones were removed) - they still
can get on windowsills, the refrigerator and also their
climbing post (which has a platform at the top).  I don't
think declawing can be compared to having my fingernails taken
out.  The procedure may be the same but I'm capable of understanding
why I shouldn't scratch the wallpaper off the wall or climb on the
curtains!

                       M. Czajka
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