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From: karen@randvax.UUCP (Karen Isaacson)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: claws
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Date: Sat, 20-Jul-85 11:40:44 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jul 20 11:40:44 1985
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> Seriously, while there are always going to be cases where the cat is
> untrainable, I feel the best thing is to leave them to their claws.
> 			Scott Berry

Let me second this.  My vet refuses to declaw cats unless it has reached
the point where either the claws go or the cat goes.  If mine had
refused to learn, I would have tossed them out during the day to take
their chances with cars & dogs rather than declaw them.  (Probably that
would be the cats' choice if I could ask them!)  I have had all my
cats neutered and although they come home from the vet a little, shall
we say, under the weather, they have not been in pain.  On the other
hand, cats I have seen that have been recently declawed literally
scream with agony.  I hope the person contemplating declawing their
(nice genderless pronoun - see net.women) cats will instead try to
find them a new home with people who love cats rather than consider
them part of the interior decoration scheme.  Sorry if this sounds
like a flame - I believe declawing to be incredibly cruel.
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		Karen Isaacson
		decvax!randvax!karen
		karen@rand-unix.arpa