Sentences with phrase «opposes declawing»

The ASPCA opposes declawing, debarking, defanging, ear cropping and tail docking - any elective surgery done to conform to breed standard or eliminate undesirable behavior - except in extreme circumstances.

Did you know that the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) opposes declawing cats?

The American Animal Hospital Association strongly opposes the declawing of domestic cats and supports veterinarians» efforts to educate cat owners and provide them with effective alternatives.

The Humane Society of the United States opposes declawing except for the rare cases when it is necessary for medical purposes, such as the removal of cancerous nail bed tumors.

As such, many veterinarians oppose a declawing ban, since declawing sometimes saves cats from ending up in shelters, or worse, euthanasia.

The American Veterinary Medical Association does not oppose declawing in cats.

The American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) has revised its previous 2015 position statement on declawing to strongly OPPOSE DECLAWING CATS as an elective procedure.

The major veterinary professional organizations in the US oppose declawing, including AAHA (American Animal Hospital Association) by whom we are accredited, the AAFP (American Association of Feline Practitioners), by whom we are designated as a Cat Friendly Practice ®, and the AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association).

, say the people who oppose declawing, the cat wouldn't use his litter box because he was traumatized or in pain as a result of being declawed.

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Ottawa, ON — The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) has revised its previous position statement from 2011 on the onychectomy (declaw) of domestic felids to clearly oppose the procedure.

The ASPCA is strongly opposed to declawing cats for the convenience of their owners or to prevent damage to household property.

I applaud my colleagues in Canada for this statement, and hope we'll soon see a similar toughening of the American Veterinary Medical Association's stance, which weakly discourages declawing but stops well short of opposing the practice.

Tail docking, ear cropping, de-barking and declawing are strongly opposed as the risk of these elective procedures can lead to infection, ongoing pain and suffering, and even death.

But the Colorado Veterinary Medical Association opposed the Denver declawing ban, just as veterinary medical associations throughout the U.S. have fought against declawing bans whenever and wherever they have been proposed, even though most have been sought by veterinarians.

Once common, but opposed now by almost all major humane organizations worldwide, declawing is a profitable procedure for those veterinarians who still do it, and is still defended by most veterinary medical associations.

This summary presents the main arguments against a legal ban on declawing (of cats and other animals), and the documented, scientific facts about each one — as opposed to the opinions expressed by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and various other...

Some people are adamantly opposed to cat declaws, while other cat owners insist that they have had many cats declawed over the years without problems.

The Cat Fancier's Association, the world's largest pedigreed cat registry, opposes declawiAnother declaw complicationng as «without benefit to the cat» and involving «post operative discomfort or pain, and potential future behavioral or physical effects.»

Personally, I'm opposed to declawing.

They either are very opposed to declawing cats, or they see no problem and wonder «what's the big deal?»

Dr Hess is strongly opposed to declawing cats, and sees it as an unnecessary mutilation.