Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site aluxe.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!ihnp4!aluxe!cam From: cam@aluxe.UUCP (MASCAVAGE) Newsgroups: net.pets Subject: Re: Declawing vs Amputation Message-ID: <793@aluxe.UUCP> Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 10:47:02 EDT Article-I.D.: aluxe.793 Posted: Tue Aug 6 10:47:02 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 11-Aug-85 06:51:29 EDT References: <750@water.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Allentown, PA Lines: 15 > --- > . i guess i look at the declawing of [at least indoor] cats in > a similar light. not mutilation; not "amputation"; removal of nails > which are causing a problem. > > ihnp4!watmath!water!smkindersley > --- It is not that some of us consider declawing as amputation, but that declawing as practiced today is amputation - the removal of the first joint of each of the cat's front toes. If you find it an acceptable practice or not, it still is what it is - more than just removing the claws. CAM