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Author: Eric Troncy | Douleur animale, bien-être animal, Université de Montréal

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[–] ganryuu@lemmy.ca 62 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The simple fact that we still call it "declawing" is so infuriating... I've had to tell a lot of people around me that it actually is an amputation.

[–] SolacefromSilence@fedia.io 36 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Agree. My younger self thought it was just a nail removal instead of severing the ends of their fingers and toes.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 11 points 3 days ago

Because that's what the people doing it told us it was and kids don't know better.

[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

TIL 😱 Poor little kitties, why are humans so thoughtlessly monstrous?

[–] 0xD@infosec.pub 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Because the sole reason for having animals is the emotional fulfillment of humans, however much it is dressed up as "for the animals." So whatever is annoying about these little fur balls is just removed as it serves no purpose.

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

That argument can be applied to anything.
I want to make my wife happy, because her being happy makes me happy.
That's all just human nature, and it's okay as long as what we do doesn't hurt others.