alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoTacoma becomes first WA city to ban non-therapeutic cat declawingwww.seattletimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1431arrow-down16cross-posted to: goodnews@kbin.social
arrow-up1425arrow-down1external-linkTacoma becomes first WA city to ban non-therapeutic cat declawingwww.seattletimes.comalphacyberranger@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square32fedilinkcross-posted to: goodnews@kbin.social
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 months agoYeah and they basically break the shit out of their paws so the claws never grow back. It’s insane. There’s laser methods I guess that are less painful, but still completely fuck with basal instincts of those poor kitties.
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoDeclawing sounds more like amputating the tip of your fingers (which does sort of make sense if you think of human nails)
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoYah basically! It’s super fucked up.
Yeah and they basically break the shit out of their paws so the claws never grow back. It’s insane.
There’s laser methods I guess that are less painful, but still completely fuck with basal instincts of those poor kitties.
Declawing sounds more like amputating the tip of your fingers (which does sort of make sense if you think of human nails)
Yah basically! It’s super fucked up.