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Question by C.J.: Can you point out the correct and incorrect statements in this list?
My friend wrote this and I’m not sure how true it all is…
“1. Cat declawing is wrong. The vet chops off their claws and the first joint. The cats have pain in their feet for the rest of their lives. You take away their natural defenses, and they sometimes even scratch for stress relief or entertainment. They test painkillers on declawed cats 2 c if they work. One cat even died from declawing. The vet refused 2 admit it, tho. 44% of vets don’t even use painkillers when they chop off the joints. It’s like if your young child misbehaves, you chop off the ends of their fingers. Most vets will not perform it on cats more than 1 year, but they’ll do it when they’re young as 3 months, which can mess up their paws forever.

2. Declawing is not only for cats. They do it to bears, big cats, and even dogs.

3. There is as special procedure for dogs. It’s called debarking. They remove some tissues in their throats so their bark is not as loud. After that their bark is practically a whisper.

4. Clipping bird’s wings is cruel as well. They can never fly again. If they are outside, they are likely to die by being eaten by predators. Since they can’t fly away, they will be slain.

5. Keeping amazon parrots and macaws as pets is mean 2. They are taken away from their homes, and are never allowed to return.”
Thankss!

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Answer by B!nd!
Ok, this is obviously poorly written, researched, and is not intelligently typed, but rather emotionally written, which is not appropriate for a report.

I am not an expert on cat declawing. It is actually outlawed in Australia- so it is not an issue I need to deal with here. I believe that the tips of the cat’s toes are cut off- I dont know if this is the 1st or last joint.
I dont think the cats have pain in their feet for the rest of their lives. As far as dying from declawing goes- yes it is definately possible- declawing involves surgery and there is always risks in surgery- from anesthesia, infection, stress, etc. Most of the time it is not as a direct result of having surgery- but more from the individual cat’s lack of physical ability to cope with the surgery. But this can be said of any surgery- the risks are the same. If a cat were to die from declawing it would most likely have died from desexing, anyway.
As far as the % of vets not using painkillers- I really dont believe that. It sounds like made up crap from someone who is trying to convince people not to declaw their cats. Vets should be more responsible than that.
Declawing is definately a painful procedure, and yes- the cats paws are different because they are missing the ends. They need to relearn how to walk, and the procedure often takes months to recover from.

I have never heard of declawing dogs, but I have heard of declawing bears and other animals. I would think this only happens in countries where there is limited animal rights and welfare.

Yes- debarking exists. As far as I know it is also outlawed in Australia, although you occasionally come across older dogs who have had the procedure preformed before it was banned. I think it is unnecessarily cruel- but sometimes in the cases of problem barkers where the owner cant take proper care of the dog, and it is either have the dog debarked, or leave it in a shelter and risk it being euthenased- it is probably the lesser of two evils.

#4 is completely wrong. Birds with clipped wings can still fly- they just cant fly up. And the feathers grow back annually. You only clip pet bird’s wings- so there is no reason why they should be outside and fly away. If they were outside- it is much safer having the wing clipped because otherwise they could fly away- and then they would be killed because they dont know how to survive in the wild.

#5 again is completely wrong. As long as you are providing these birds with appropriate care and stimulation, they are fantastic to keep as pets. Parrots make great companion animals, as long as you have the knowledge, time and money to care for them properly.
Most of these birds are bred in captivity, and there are only few wild caught birds now, if any. In most places it is illegal to poach birds out of the wild- and most wild caught birds would be kept as aviary breeders for handreared pets, rather than being kept as pets themselves.

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