Screw the Governator. Go California!

[tiggymalvern]

Cities in California are rushing to introduce local laws banning the declawing of cats, before a state law signed by the Governor preventing them from banning it comes into force in January.

Of course, the problem with bans on a city by city basis is that people who really want to chop off all their pets' toes for fear of injury to their precious leather sofa will take them to another town to get them mutilated. But at least it's a start - and the momentum will gather.

It makes me really fucking sick to see veterinary organisations defending practices like this.The California Veterinary Medical Association have made their priorities very clear - money over animal welfare.

Comments

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

Poor kitties. Good on the legislature.

I am curious: Are SoftPaws as nifty as advertised? Or should you just suck up and give your cat stuff to scratch and trim their nails like in the old days?

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

Soft paws work really well for some cats. Other cats will spend an entire day solid tugging at their claws relentlessly until they all come off XD It's try it and see for each individual cat.

I stick with the nail trimming and cat scratchers myself.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

That makes sense.

I probably would (not that I will ever have a cat again) but I confess the shallow side of me thinks 'it's like pretty nails for the kitties!'

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

darthhellokitty put pink ones on her white cat :-)

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

I APPROVE.