The @AVMAvets big convention ended today. Did they ever address the issue of cat scratching and humane alternatives at the convention? Did they ever talk about condemning declawing in domestic cats like they did for exotic cats? As far as I know they sadly didn’t. What I do know, is that they had a workshop called “Learning and Profiting with Lasers”, and declawing was one of the “common” procedures they taught. They also taught their vet techs how to “make their job more fun”, while they focus on pain management for “toe amputation.” Their exact words. My friends, I really need your help to make this change for the better to ban declawing like it is in 28 other countries. If your personal vet declaws then find another humane one to take your business to. I’ve posted a laser declaw video on my Facebook page that isn’t easy to look at but if you are going to help me with this important cause and be a part of cat history in helping to end it, I think it is something that will help you with educating people about this horrific thing. Enter with caution though. I will always be haunted with what I watched in it. And remember they are doing this 95% of the time because of the welfare of a piece of furniture. The AVMA vet in the video says that the laser allows them to do it with a “more ethical standpoint and less pain.” Declawing with a laser causes the same mutilating damage to a cat’s paws. It burns bone and causes 4th degree burns.A study even found that the complications were worse in laser declaw than the guillotine blade method in the first 2 days after the surgery. Please share this with all of your friends and family. The more we get the word out that this is unacceptable, the sooner it will end. There comes a time when silence is betrayal-MLK Let’s all not betray our fellow kitties who have no voice in this matter. #AVMA #AVMAconv #AVMAmeets #AVMAconvention #SAVMA #citythekitty #cooltohaveclaws

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