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[-] GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network 21 points 1 year ago

Who are the sick fucks declawing cats for therapy

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 62 points 1 year ago

The procedure can be medically necessary in certain cases, like when a cat has a cancerous tumor or has severely injured a paw. But Tacoma’s ban won’t interfere with surgeries like that, the council’s release said.

Maybe this is what they’re referencing

[-] GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network 6 points 1 year ago

I was just riffing on the ambiguous article headline. Like it's okay to declaw cats as long as it's for therapeutic reasons (for the owner)

[-] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 15 points 1 year ago

Therapeutic literally means "relating to the healing of disease" though.

[-] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Do you think therapy dogs are giving therapy to other dogs?

[-] rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Actually they do this, too!

[-] MuffinHeeler@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

They do to cheetahs

[-] GlitterInfection@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, words can have multiple meanings. That's why God made puns!

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah my parents back in the days had a lot of cats, and one of them had to have the claws taken off one paw. 😢

I read that to mean "for feline medical reasons." If kitty has some injury or illness of the paw that necessitates amputation, that's a valid reason. To prevent scratching up the furniture is not.

[-] NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I like to take the claws and put them in a furry gauntlet to use for… science.

[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

My mother-in-law's cat almost got either declawed or euthanised when he started having epileptic seizures and attacking her face. It wasn't intentional, he was an affectionate and gentle cat when he wasn't seizing. Luckily, he seemed to grow out of it.

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