My name is Meow Meow. My mom saw
me getting hit by a car, and she pulled over to rescue me. The
first picture is of me when I got home for the first time. Now I am a handsome boy
that is constantly glued to my family. I also like to give massages!

About me

     I am not a vet. I had never made any money from a declaw surgery, nor I ever will. I worked part-time for 2 years at a vet clinic to afford my studies. Many declaws were performed and I was able to witness the surgeries. I saw over 100 declaws while I worked at the clinic. I didn't see, and still don't see anything wrong with cat declaws. Never heard a cat crying during the surgery like some of the anti-declaw web sites explain, which seriously makes me wonder about what type of anesthetic and pain medication they used (if any!). I never saw cats "bouncing off the cage walls" and never saw cats bleeding enough to stain walls, doors, floor, and his cage. In fact, I don't think a 10 lb cat has enough blood to stain walls, doors, and cages and not go into cardiac arrest!! The cats wake up same as if they were waking up from a spay. Specially 7 months-old kittens and younger started walking, playing and accepting petting in a matter of hours after the surgery. The clinic did not use a laser, just a normal scalpel and the results I saw were excellent. I do not know about hospitals that offer laser surgery, but I am guessing it will be the same and probably recovery will be even faster. The clinic also offered boarding services and, in fact, I wished there were more declawed cats being boarded! Many nice cats at home will turn into aggressive little lions while boarding in an unknown place. It was almost impossible to clean the cages daily of those aggressive clawed cats. On the other hand, it was very easy to clean the cages of declawed cats regardless if they were aggressive or not, and their cages remained cleaner.

The reason I made this page was because I hate lies and when the public is being misinformed. I also love animals and will rather see a cat getting a declaw than being dumped at the pound. I also hate when people breed their pet dogs or cats irresponsibly while there are so many that die in shelters. Millions of cats and dogs, even puppies and kittens, are euthanized because many people don't spay/neuter their pets, or they get a puppy or a kitten because is "so cute" and then dump the animal when is "not cute" anymore. I only wish people will research both sides of every issue before making a decision, even more if they are trying to make it law like this group of people pushing to make declawing illegal in USA and Canada. And it infuriates me even more when our own government: senators, governors, etc, do not research both sides of the issue before passing laws!!

The story of my furbabies

    I am owned by two wonderful cats. My first cat, Nanaki, was adopted from the pound in 1998. He was only a 2 month old kitten, but ornery enough to leave claw marks in my arms and bed. He just loved playing rough. He was, and still is, a very hyper and fun cat, but at the time that was NOT funny. When I took him to have him neutered at 5 months of age, the vet asked me if I wanted to have him declawed at the same time. It only took a quick look at my arms and I thought that was a good idea. Little did I know at the time the controversy behind the procedure.

    My second cat, Puck, was abandoned and I picked him up from the streets. Was a scrawny cat, full of fleas and internal parasites. Our guess is that he was around 3 months old when we picked him up. A very quiet cat that seldom makes any sound, but very friendly. He is a little like a dog in personality, begging at the table for food (specially when people come to visit) and loves to play with Nanaki and my Dog, Jiao-Long. He will eat anything, is not at all picky like your common cat. He even eats carrots! He also likes to dig in front of his water dish right before drinking water. Nobody has any idea why he does that. He also goes limp when you pick him up. He is either a Ragdoll mix or has the mutation that started the breed. And is the only cat I know that likes to play in the shower and doesn't mind baths. He is terrified of small metal things: nail clippers, wire, bobby pins, bracelets, etc. Clipping his back claws are a real struggle. Luckily the process only takes half as long with only 2 paws to clip. Strange boy.... Extremely sweet, though. 

   Both of my cats are declawed and neutered and both use their litter box perfectly. None of them bite more than what is normal. Nanaki loves to sit on top of my Pick-Up truck when I let him go to the garage. A Chevy Silverado... pretty tall vehicle... and he will jump down to the floor by himself. If he were still experiencing pain from the declaw, I seriously doubt he will climb up to the roof of the truck on his own will and much less jump from there to the concrete floor.

My name is Sebastian. I'm sure I'm
one of the most gorgeous cats you've
ever seen. Here I am working hard at
being beautiful. It's tough to be me.

Be careful who you give money to!

   Many organizations out there will target people's feelings and love toward animals to profit themselves and to support terrorism. The best-known animal rights organization is PETA. They are an extremist organization and one of their main goals is to totally eliminate pet ownership. It is no wonder, then, that things such as declawing are portrayed so negatively. The more difficult it is to keep a pet, the more obstacles between a rewarding relationship between animals and humans, the closer to achieving their goal.

"For one thing, we would no longer allow breeding, as the surplus
of cats and dogs declined, eventually companion animals would be phased out
We would no longer allow pet shops
(Ingrid Newkirk, president of PETA. Harpers Magazine, Aug 1988)

    I've had few uninformed people emailing me that PETA loves pets and is all about a rewarding pet ownership. Just the OPPOSITE. Read their own stance on pet population here. Those are quotes from the people that run PETA and other animal rights organizations. There is a difference between animal rights and animal welfare. Rights want the same rights people have to animals. Would you keep your neighbor as a pet? Of course not, that is why they are against pet ownership. A No-Kill shelter has been attacked by PETA simply because they try their hardest to not kill pound puppies, while PETA believes in putting them to sleep is more humane than "slavery" (as they call pet ownership). They are an animal rights organization opposed to PETA, ironic, isn't it?

    How about the Humane Society of United States (HSUS)? They are a good organization... they have many shelters... right? Wrong!.... in fact, the HSUS operates ZERO shelters... not a single one. They use their misleading name to gain donors. Many people confuse the HSUS with their local humane societies and shelters and end up donating to an organization that is not any different from PETA. This local animal rescue groups struggle to keep their doors open and promote spay/neuter with minimum funding while the money going to HSUS disappears. It can even be confused with the American Humane Association, a well-established animal welfare organization, completely unrelated to HSUS. With the over $30 million that HSUS collects every year (believed to be closer to $50 million), HSUS should be able to have a major shelter in every state and fund massive spay/neuter programs. Where all that money goes? If you really want to help animals by donating money, better spend it on one of those local shelters. $10 spent in one of these shelters will save more lives than $1000 donated to PETA or HSUS. A quick search on the internet shows up more information than what I can tell you here.