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Tacoma becomes first WA city to ban non-therapeutic cat declawing (www.seattletimes.com)
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[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 62 points 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months ago

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

[-] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago

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

[-] rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

Actually they do this, too!

[-] MuffinHeeler@aussie.zone 2 points 11 months ago

They do to cheetahs

[-] GlitterInfection@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months 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. 😢

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