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alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Tacoma becomes first WA city to ban non-therapeutic cat declawing

www.seattletimes.com

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Tacoma becomes first WA city to ban non-therapeutic cat declawing

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alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Tacoma becomes first WA city to ban most cat declawing
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Before the Tacoma City Council voted to ban cat declawing except when medically necessary, a leader said the time was right to "choose cats, not couches."
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    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

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      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)

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        Therapeutic literally means “relating to the healing of disease” though.

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

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            Actually they do this, too!

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            They do to cheetahs

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

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      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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