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From: marysue@hpfcla.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Declawing a cat led to his death
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Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 16:33:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 20 16:33:00 1985
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    One more anecdote to add to the "to declaw or not to declaw" controversy:

    Some cat owners have expressed the opinion that their declawed cats
    are perfectly able to defend themselves.  I do not doubt that some
    cats are, after declawing, but many are not.  I grew up in a rural
    area, where pets often roamed free, without causing (too many...)
    problems.  One neighbor let his declawed cat out.  THis cat came
    over to my house and sat on the roof, and proceeded to tease my big
    dog.  This dog, being a dog, began to fuss, and when the cat jumped
    onto the ground to run away, the dog gave chase.  The cat could not
    get away from the dog.  There were no trees, being in the desert
    wastes of southern New Mexico, and the cat, without claws, could 
    not climb the telephone pole to escape.  My beloved dog utterly
    destroyed that cat, suffering only minor wounds inflicted by 
    the claws on the hind paws.  I was very sorry about the incident,
    but feel like the cat owner brought it upon himself by removing
    the cat's defenses.

    Mary Sue Rowan
    Hewlett Packard
    Fort Collins, CO