Essay On Declawing

Declawing is Inhumane
People mistakenly believe that declawing their cat(s) is a harmless "quick fix" for unwanted scratching. “31% of cat owners in the United States have their cats declawed.”(Dougherty) People think declawing is a simple surgery to remove a cat’s nails— the equivalent to having your fingernails trimmed. The Humane Society is against declawing except on the rare occasion that it is necessary for medical purposes; for example, the removal of cancerous nail bed tumors.(The Humane Society) Many countries have actually banned declawing; including but not limited to, England, Scotland, Wales, Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, Spain, Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand.(Cat Support Network) Some places in the United States have also banned declawing.
“Declawing involves the amputation of the last bone of each toe. If performed on a human, the human would have the first knuckle below each fingernail cut off. Declawing is an unnecessary surgery that provides no medical benefit to
(Dougherty) The removal of the claws changes the way a cat's foot meets the ground and can cause pain equivalent to wearing an uncomfortable pair of shoes.(The Humane Society) “X-rays on the bone structure of a cat’s legs before and after declawing show a noticeable difference that is caused by having to balance unnaturally. Without the nails, physical stress is placed on the legs, where it was not intended to be.”(Eckstein) “A Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine did a study on 163 cats that showed 50% of the cats experienced one or more complications and 20% experienced further