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- noun The surgical
removal ofclaws ;onychectomy
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Examples
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Ihaveasmartpuppy: There are two kinds of "declawing" - one is cutting off the nail and bone to the first knuckle owww! and the other is cutting the tendon that lets them unsheath them.
Keep Your Cats From Destroying Your Furniture | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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It's essentially like removing a person's first knuckle, I don't give a shit if there's anesthesia involved, it's inhumane and any vet that willingly performs declawing is only in it for the money, they can't possibly care about the animal.
Keep Your Cats From Destroying Your Furniture | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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In fact, the British Veterinary Association calls declawing “an unnecessary mutilation.”
250 Things You Can Do to Make Your Cat Adore You INGRID NEWKIRK 1998
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In fact, the British Veterinary Association calls declawing “an unnecessary mutilation.”
250 Things You Can Do to Make Your Cat Adore You INGRID NEWKIRK 1998
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"Onychectomy, commonly known as declawing, is the practice of amputating a cat's first paw joints, including the claw at the first knuckle," said Mirisch, the councilman who introduced the ordinance.
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"We need to ban declawing, which is one of the most cruel practices," he said.
CBS 2 - KCAL 9 - Los Angeles - Southern California - LA Breaking News, Weather, Traffic, Sports 2009
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I could suspend my dissatisfaction over the fact that the Borg suddenly became banally hierarchical for the duration of one movie, but it really lay the groundwork for declawing the Borg.
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Indeed, after years of declawing, today's BBC is so P45-paranoid of offending anyone that we should all feel verily grateful for a meandering plot in The Archers about Lynda's llamas.
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People who are anti-declawing generally are not all that educated on the actual facts, because the anti-declaw community is incredibly vocal compared to the rest of us.
Keep Your Cats From Destroying Your Furniture | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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We have so under funded the regulatory system, declawing it through starvation, that it is essentially meaningless.
Richard Greenwald: Lessons from History Richard Greenwald 2011
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