RE: Declawing Cats
July 29, 2019 at 11:23 am
(This post was last modified: July 29, 2019 at 11:29 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(July 29, 2019 at 10:56 am)Shell B Wrote: Cats should be indoors and the feral population controlled. That’s how you deal with the bird problem.
Yeah, absolutely. More than one way to skin a cat. I’d say that when we look at how a feral cat problem plays out a person who rationalizes the decision by reference to birds ( or other wildlife) is going to be frustrated. Declawing is control, if the humane arguments against declawing cats are taken to be sensible. It’s proactive, and easier than trapping ferals, or poisoning them, or shooting them. Each with its own set of humane issues.
Personally, claws and teeth and dead birds and rodents and reptiles is exactly why I have cats. Hell, I think I like them more as pets partly because of the contrast between their fluffy cuteness and stone cold murdery personalities.
Still, not so attached to any animal that I wouldn’t mutilate them for purpose and certainly not convinced that our cats rank very high on the list of ecological disasters were laying down on this rock. Fundamentally, I find it difficult to understand how we managed to make mutilating cats illegal before we did the same with human children.
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