The Ethics Of Dog Declawing

A British actress named Hannah Murray once said, “I really loved animals when I was little - my friend and I had an imaginary vet 's office; we would mime doing surgery on animals. We treated more injuries than illnesses - fixing with a baby bear with a broken leg, removing a tumor. Of course, our surgeries would take about five seconds; that 's how good we were.” As far back as one girl can remember, she always had a pet of some kind. She currently has a pet dog, and she became sick, and would have seizures. When her mom and took her to the Vet’s office, she remembers how the doctor saved her dog’s life and how grateful she and her mother were to not lose a member of our family. The career of a veterinarian is a rewarding career, because one has the opportunity to care for beings who can’t for themselves. The research will describe the career of a veterinarian, what is required to become successful, and the impact this career has on society.

An animal can be the best thing to happen to a person. As the old saying goes: a dog is a man's’ best friend. People share their homes with their furry friends and gain relationships that are remembered until, perhaps, the rest of their days- just like an old friend. In Bilger’s article, he mentions the relationship between Lady, the sick cat, and her owners, Karen and Shawn Levering, and why the couple was so willing to give up so much for her. “If they were willing to go this far for a cat, it was partly out of a sense of misfortune. But mostly it was a matter of love” (Bilger, part 1, paragraph

The euthanasia of animals is a very problematic social issue in the world today. Approximately there are about 7.6 million companion animals that enter animal shelters each year. Of those, about 2.7 animals are euthanized, and cats have the highest rate, according to “The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals” (2017). When you hear the term euthanasia in reference to animals, you think of a painless process that ends the countless suffering your pet had to endure over the span of their lives. There are many reasons for which these animals are “put to sleep.” When most pet owners put their pets to sleep it is because their pets have incurable disease, painful illness, behavioral problems and are of old age. When an animal is suffering and is no longer able to recover, this process may be the most humane thing to do. However, euthanasia turns into murder when perfectly healthy animals are killed. Since there is an overpopulation of animals there are many animals left on the street wandering alone. When there isn’t any room for all these new animals being brought in from off the streets, shelters have no other option, but to euthanize. Each year more and more dogs and cats are born and sent into shelters, but for every animal being born another one has to leave and once the animal leave they are most likely going to be euthanized. No matter the situation animals are losing their lives for no clear reason.

An hour-long public hearing done a week earlier has presented numerous emotional appeals that are convincing the council to outlaw declawing, yet a number of pet owners objected the proposal by saying that the pain that cats experience was just temporary. They also justified that the procedure has improved the cats’ indoor behavior.

A former UW-Madison veterinarian who oversaw the treatment of Double Trouble and other cats used in this laboratory recently issued a letter confirming this abuse, stating that many of the cats "suffered unnecessarily." However, no peer-reviewed papers have been published in any scientific journals as a result of the suffering that Double Trouble endured. Correspondence between UW experimenters and their collaborators acknowledge that there was a problem with Double Trouble's surgery; the experiment was a failure.” (PETA)

Thesis statement: Dog breed-specific legislation should be lifted in Colorado cities because such a repeal would save money wasted on enforcement, increase public safety, and spare innocent dogs of improper care and even death.

Imagine someone has just moved to a different town and the townspeople decide that the person that just came to town is a threat, so the town creates rules that say the new person is not allowed to do certain things or go to certain places. This is how I suspect the following dog breeds feel nowadays: Pit Bull, German Shepherd, Rottweiler, Jack Russell Terrier, Spaniel, Collie, Saint Bernard, and Labrador Retriever. I feel strongly for our furry friends and when I found out about this legislation I wanted it shut down completely. Dog Breed Specific Legislation is a problem that not many people know that and I wanted to make it known to hopefully help stop

¨When I was in veterinary school at Iowa State University back in the '60s, I always liked surgery. Surgery labs back in those days, there was absolutely zero thought about the animal itself. I'm talking mostly about what the animal felt. It wasn't because we were cruel or we didn't want to be concerned about animals.

Everyone has different ethics that they choose to live their lives by, my ethics are important to me because they determine who I am and who I want to be. Responsibility for pets and others, thoughtfulness towards others, loyalty to others and myself, and acceptance of others and their needs.

Lady was ready to take over Manhattan, but she wasn’t there to have fun, she was there to receive a transplant. Lady was old, had no teeth, was losing her vision, and she needed a kidney transplant. A kidney transplant that her owners payed for. Yes you read right, her owners, Lady is a cat. Burkhard Bilger, the author of this article tells us the story of lady and other animals that have had owners who were either willing or did pay an outrageous amount of money for them at the vets. Throughout the article, Bilger gives us his point of view and reasons why he thinks this way. He believes that America has gone out of control with all the vet care is unnecessary. This article has led me to agree with Bilger.

Declawing your cat is one of the most controversial topics within the veterinary field. Onychectomy, widely known as declawing, is an elective surgery that removes the claws of an animal by means of amputation on all or part of the distal phalanges of all the animals toes. The procedure is mainly performed using either a laser, scalpel, or nail trimmer (often referred to as the guillotine method). There is no medically necessary reason to perform this surgery, it mainly falls on feline owners not wanting household items damaged or to help prevent scratch-related injuries. An additional procedure would be tenecomy, the surgery provides evidence of overall better behavioral problems. Although there is no evidence that proves onychectomy is a procedure guaranteed to harm cats, studies have shown some felines will experience short to long-term complications from the procedure. It falls on the owner whether to have this surgery done on their felines, veterinarians usually do not recommend performing it unless it is medically needed, which are usually rare cases.

Many would argue that people do not always know what is best for their animals. Often, the owners of pets act out of self-interest rather than considering how the modification they are doing to their animal will affect it. Although declawing a cat may save the owner 's walls, couches, and skin from destruction, it also puts the cat through severe joint and back pain, depression, increased biting behavior, and disfigurement (Associated Press). These serious physiological and psychological side-effects of the modification should be taken more seriously than they are now and better considered

The movie “A Dog’s Purpose” has had a lot of hate for the past month. Why you may ask well because TMZ got a hold of a video that shows a distressed animal on the set of A “Dogs Purpose”. What you do not know is that there were many safety precautions in place. There were scuba divers under the water and platforms that were holding the dog up so he was not dangling. In this paper you will realize is that, it was not animal abuse. You will also learn the dog was helped right out of the water after he jumped in, Peta outraged, and it how is not animal abuse.

Once upon a time, there was a group of dogs that left their homes to live in a faraway land ruled by Britain. They were the colonists. The dogs loved their new home but many were unhappy with the British cat government. They thought King Cat III was a selfish, cruel ruler. Eventually, the colonists became angry with the king and fought against him because he used his power for the worse for the colonists and ruled unfairly over the dogs by taking away their rights.

Thesis/Preview: Today, I will discuss three types of cats based on their shelters or living conditions: the pet cat, the feral cat, and the pseudo-wildcat.