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“Declawing is the number one reason why cats urinate outside the litter box,” says Annie Bruce, cat owner consultant and author of the award-winning book, “Cat Be Good : A Commonsense Approach to Training Your Cat”. According to Bruce, “Cat Be Good” is the only book that lists specific help for the owner of the peeing declawed cat.” “I get more than 25 times the number of calls about declawed cats urinating on sofas than I do about cats who scratch sofas. Contrary to popular belief, declawing does not save time, money, your home or your cat’s life. And it is NOT the ‘last’ resort. When a cat develops a litter box problem he will be locked in the basement, put outside, punished, abandoned, surrendered or destroyed.” Bruce recommends never owning a declawed cat, “Urine runs deeper than claws. With scratch damage, you can re-upholster the sofa. With extensive urine damage, you have to take the sofa to the dump. Also, declawed cats require exceptionally clean litter boxes, bite people, and often take drugs (pain killers, antidepressants, tranquilizers, steroids).” Declawing is an amputation of the cat’s toes to the first knuckle of each joint, including bones, tendons and ligaments. Declawing is illegal in many countries including Germany, Norway, Switzerland, Australia, Belgium and Spain. West Hollywood, California made declawing illegal on April 7th, 2003. San Francisco is considering a similar ban.
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