Declawing Cats

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Well, they don't simply cut off the claws.  The cats' toes are partially amputated.  Sort of like if you were to cure a child's nail-biting by amputating his fingers at the first joint.

Secondly, neutering is good. It increases a cat's life span and makes the animal generally healthier. It also helps to reduce the population of feral cats.

Lastly, animals don't have a 'sex life' as you imagine it.

Boru

And you know this because you're a castrated cat?


It IS possible to vasectomize a cat. But people like altering the cat's behavior via surgery.


You can rationalize all you like - but mutilation is mutilation.

You just approve of one and not the other.

Vasectomizing a cat may help reduce feral populations, no doubt about it.  But it doesn't lower the risk of testicular cancer.

The primary difference between neutering and declawing is that neutering has proven benefits to the cat, declawing doesn't.  Quite the contrary - declawing a cat causes back pain and possible atrophy, foot pain, risk of infection, can cause nerve damage and bone spurs, and removes the cat's primary means of defense.

Boru