Female genital mutilation has been practiced for millennia!So do many humans. I don't think anyone is considering desexing women who scream.
{Sometimes I'm ashamed to be human.}
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Female genital mutilation has been practiced for millennia!So do many humans. I don't think anyone is considering desexing women who scream.
Female genital mutilation has been practiced for millennia!
{Sometimes I'm ashamed to be human.}
Any links for this?On a related tangent to declawing - When cats age, they cannot retract their claws. This becomes a real problem to them, especially if they live in a home with carpet (most homes).
Clipping claws of indoor cats is a good thing, but "appreciated" -- I don't think so. Not from the cat's point of view...It is appreciated by older cats if you clip their claws - but you have to know what you are doing, and not cut to the quick (which is visible in white claws if you shine a bright light through them).
That's specifically why I included details and qualifiers in my post.Yet we get cats surrendered for euthanasia all the time for scratching problems.
Sometimes declaw is the best of bad alternatives.
You haven't met my furry boy. He purrs through his pedicures and has been known to nuzzle me too. He will curl up on my lap and snuggle when done.Clipping claws of indoor cats is a good thing, but "appreciated" -- I don't think so. Not from the cat's point of view...
Yet we get cats surrendered for euthanasia all the time for scratching problems.
Sometimes declaw is the best of bad alternatives.
Silly Brick, you don't own cats--cats own you!De-clawing a cat is far less a disturbance than the owning of it. That isn't to say that I don't like pets. I like them, and sometimes pets are a good idea for us. They are good for us. Let us not deceive ourselves into thinking that it is natural for them or what is best for them. Pets are not natural. Playful, childish dogs are not natural, and tiny helpless cats are not natural.
What selfless animal lovers.
Don't get me started.
I like to think I helped get a mall pet store closed down (I was among a number of people who made complaints against the store), and the animals rescued and relocated to the county SPCA that took over the location. Revealing that just lost me some karma points, but what the hell. NJ SPCAs are no-kill shelters and do their utmost to adopt out.
Cats think of it as adoption, but yeah you're right. I bought a leash for a cat once, but we could not come to an agreement over who should be at which end.Crossfire said:Silly Brick, you don't own cats--cats own you!
So there is a contract between humanity and cats? It seems a bit one-sided, but I guess they do owe us for occasionally eating us.SMagog said:The domestication of the cat could only be successful as it was overall beneficial for both species; control of vermin and easy regular food and shelter.
It is even documented scientifically that house-cats can change 'Owners' every five minutes. It doesn't mean that cats are happy with being small. Even so, the smaller the cat the more times it gets to eat and the less likely it is to eat me.A cat that is not happy will up sticks and leave, if it is able to. This is well known. Two of our four cats are examples of this occuring.