BanDeclawing

Stop Cruelty of Declawing

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@Kristinartz Arthur

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@AJamesMcCarthy Beautiful boy

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

I went to the shelter looking for one old cat.

Two untouched food bowls changed my mind.

At the end of a row of cages sat two senior cats pressed tightly together.

An orange cat named Otis.

A gray cat named Milo.

Neither touched their food.

Neither seemed interested in the people walking by.

They only seemed interested in each other.

I had come with a plan.

My children were grown.

My husband had been gone for years.

The house was quiet.

Too quiet.

I didn’t want a kitten.

I wanted one older cat.

Someone who understood long naps, sunny windows, and peaceful afternoons.

Then the shelter worker stopped in front of Otis and Milo.

“They lost their person,” she said.

I nodded.

Then she told me the rest.

After their owner died, the cats spent days sitting outside the locked front door waiting for someone who was never coming home.

A neighbor left food.

Otis would eat a little and then step aside for Milo.

Milo wouldn’t eat unless Otis sat beside him.

When rescuers arrived, Milo hid under the porch.

Otis stayed in the yard and made one small sound.

Milo came out immediately.

That detail broke my heart.

Not because it was dramatic.

Because it was simple.

Two frightened old cats had lost everything.

And somehow they still found comfort in each other.

The shelter tried finding them homes.

Families wanted one cat.

Not two.

Some thought they were too old.

Others thought Milo seemed too withdrawn.

One family wanted only Otis.

The shelter tried separating them once.

Just once.

Otis stopped eating.

Milo sat facing a wall for hours.

They never tried again.

I kept reminding myself:

One cat.

One bed.

One food bowl.

One set of vet bills.

One small companion.

That was the plan.

Then Otis slowly stood.

His legs were stiff.

His fur was thin.

He didn’t try to impress me.

He simply stepped in front of Milo.

Like a tired older brother protecting the only family he had left.

Milo finally looked up.

The shelter worker opened the cage.

I sat on the floor.

Otis approached first.

Careful.

Suspicious.

Then Milo leaned forward.

Just a little.

And rested his chin on my hand.

Not a purr.

Not a cuddle.

Just a tiny act of trust.

As if he were asking:

“Are we allowed to stay together this time?”

That was it.

I was done.

I looked at the shelter worker and said:

“I think I’m going to need two cat beds.”

She immediately turned away so I wouldn’t see her cry.

The ride home was quiet.

At one stoplight, I glanced in the rearview mirror.

Otis had his chin resting on Milo’s head.

For the first time, neither looked afraid.

At home, I put down two bowls.

This time, they ate.

Side by side.

That night I found them sleeping together beside the living room window.

Otis had one paw draped across Milo’s back.

Milo was tucked against his chest.

Neither looked like they were waiting anymore.

I can’t replace the person they lost.

Some loves leave spaces nobody else is meant to fill.

But maybe love doesn’t have to replace what came before.

Maybe it just sits quietly beside it.

Otis and Milo didn’t need a perfect home.

They only needed the same home.

And somehow, in giving that to them, they gave something back to me.

I went looking for one old cat.

Instead, two old cats made my house feel like home again.

Via Born Legend

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[Reema Merchant, Advocate @MerchantReema]

There are millions of animal species — humans are the only ones capable of destroying them all.

Respect life. Always.

[BanDeclawing @BanDeclawing]

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[PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE @Protect_Wldlife]

Cardiff Morrisons praised for providing nesting seagull shelter in 30- degree heatwave ☀️

A Morrisons in Cardiff has gone viral after creating a make-shift shelter for a nesting seagull. Staff covered the mother with a bedsheet, coned off four parking spaces, and gave her fresh water and food.

The Lesser Black-backed Gull, which is said to nest in the same spot of the supermarket’s
carpark each year, is being well-looked after in this heatwave.

Well done @Morrisons 👏.

[BanDeclawing @BanDeclawing]

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[Alley Cat Allies @alleycatallies]

This kind of animal cruelty cannot go unpunished‼️

This week, Lauren Carter of Chester, Pennsylvania, was arrested and charged with two counts of misdemeanor cruelty to animals after video footage appeared to show her pouring bleach onto food left out for cats. According to authorities, she admitted to putting bleach on cat food on two occasions.

At least one cat, Jumper, was nearby and sniffed the food. Thankfully, investigators say they found no evidence that a cat ingested the bleach. Contact with bleach can cause chemical burns in a cat's throat and mouth and risks life-threatening damage.

Alley Cat Allies will offer our support to the prosecution of this case and call for the maximum sentence. For a misdemeanor in the second degree, this includes prison time and a high fine.

The strongest possible penalty in this case will set a critical standard against animal cruelty throughout Pennsylvania. If you see or suspect an act of animal cruelty, learn how to take action at https://t.co/aDJ4nnOssT

#animalcruelty #stopcruelty #stopanimalcruelty

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[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

Dottie, a bottlenose dolphin who lived 39 years at SeaWorld, died this week without ever feeling the rhythm of the ocean, or the freedom she deserved.

SeaWorld describes Dottie as a devoted mother of four calves, but they separated her from every single one of them. That is not devotion, that is the reality of captivity, where profit determines family bonds.

Dottie was born into concrete tanks and died in them. She never experienced the open sea. She spent her life performing for tourists, not because it was natural or enriching, but because SeaWorld's business model depends on it.

SeaWorld positions itself as an institution rooted in marine science. They know, because the science is unambiguous, that cetaceans are highly intelligent, wide-ranging, socially complex animals. They know that no tank, however large, can meet the physical or psychological needs of a dolphin. And yet they continue their breeding program, ensuring that more animals like Dottie will be born into the same captive cycle, never knowing the life they were meant to live.

Dottie's story should not end with a tribute post. It should end with change.

SeaWorld must end its dolphin breeding program now. No more calves born into captivity. No more mothers separated from their young. No more lives defined by performance and concrete walls.

Dottie deserved better. The dolphins who come after her deserve better.

[BanDeclawing @BanDeclawing]

@domdyer70 No one should have sympathy for an animal abuser.

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

A "dove release" at a wedding or funeral is a death sentence for the birds.

The white "doves" sold for releases aren't doves. They're domestic white pigeons bred to be small and pretty, with no survival skills outside a coop.

The cheaper DIY versions (Ringneck Doves, King Pigeons) can't even find their way home. Nearly all of them die within days.

Even professional releases with trained homing pigeons lose birds every time. Hawks take them in the air. Cars hit them when they land exhausted. They collide with windows. There are lots of ways it can go sideways for them.

Rehabbers pull them in with broken wings, raging trichomoniasis, and bodies so emaciated they can't stand. One described a release pigeon whose throat infection had hardened so completely it distorted the shape of his skull.

There is no version of this where the birds "fly away and live happily ever after." That's the marketing. The reality is a domestic animal traumatized or killed for a 15-second photo.

[BanDeclawing @BanDeclawing]

@Sabiha1278 G-D bless you. Thank you for loving Sonny.

[BanDeclawing @BanDeclawing]

Put her in prison where she belongs.

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

In a monumental step for maternal animal safety, a 40-year-old Boulder woman was fined $3,000 and banned from animal ownership for five years. The offender pleaded guilty to animal cruelty for failing to provide nourishment to "White Chest," a Staffy crossbreed found in a state of severe emaciation while she was actively trying to nurse her litter. This total win for justice removes the animals from a dangerous environment and provides them with the nutrition and rehab they need.
#DogNeglect #AnimalRights #RSPCA #JusticeServed #Success

[BanDeclawing @BanDeclawing]

This pos should be kept in prison.

[PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE @Protect_Wldlife]

At last, a prison sentence for animal abuse!!

🚨MAN JAILED FOR INFLICTING FORCE TRAUMA TO DOG AND CAT 🚨

A Somerset man who admitted animal cruelty towards a cat and dog has been jailed and barred from keeping animals for life.

Henry Smedley, 26, of Peasedown St John, Bath was sentenced to 23 weeks immediate in prison following separate incidents in which a cat died and a dog was badly injured.

RSPCA Inspector Miranda Albinson began investigations after the charity received a number of calls claiming animals were being abused at an address where Smedley was staying.

Alongside reports from eyewitnesses, who spoke of their concerns at seeing Smedley mistreating animals, veterinary reports proved a cat, Maisie, and a dog, Lola, had suffered blunt force traumas, leaving them with injuries which had not been treated.

Maisie, a 10-month-old tortoiseshell cat, was taken to a vet by Smedley, who claimed that he was concerned she was dying after he found her drowning in a bath full of water he had left unattended.

Upon examination, vets found that she was already dead and had been for several hours, and that the account told by Smedley did not seem fitting to the clinical picture of Maisy.

She was in an emaciated condition, as though she had been neglected for some time, and the marks seen on her body did not fit with drowning and were more consistent with trauma.

Further examinations found she also had 31 rib fractures, three spinal fractures, and a dislocation of the sternum.

A three-year-old Jack Russell terrier named Lola, who was kept in a small cage by Smedley, was also found to be underweight with her ribs, spine and pelvic bones visible.

Radiographs taken of Lola revealed she too had seven rib fractures with at least two stages of healing which had not been treated by a vet.

Smedley admitted to the charges relating to Lola and Maisie when he appeared before Bristol Magistrates Court on December 7.

Alongside the immediate custodial sentence, Smedley was banned from owning or keeping animals for life.

Lola has since been rehomed by the RSPCA and is now living happily with her new owners.

[BanDeclawing @BanDeclawing]

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[Hakan Kapucu @1hakankapucu]

This firefighter revives a cat using life-saving techniques during a fire. Regardless of species, anyone who saves a life is a hero.

[Paul White Gold Eagle @PaulGoldEagle]

Ohio just set the bar by making it a felony to harm any cat or dog.

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled 7 to 0 that the state's felony animal cruelty law, known as Goddard's Law, applies to all cats and dogs regardless of whether they have an owner. The law is named after Dick Goddard, a beloved Cleveland weatherman and animal rights advocate. Before the ruling, an appeals court found that only pets receiving care qualified for felony protection, meaning harming a stray was only a misdemeanor.

The case began when Alonzo Kyles poured bleach on a stray kitten in a Cleveland apartment basement in 2021. He was convicted and sentenced to nine months but the conviction was overturned on appeal. The Humane Society, Alley Cat Allies, the Cleveland Animal Protective League, and the Animal Legal Defense Fund all filed briefs urging the Supreme Court to reverse.

The ruling makes Ohio one of the strongest states in America for animal protection law.

[Erin (Air-Ren) Thatcher @eethatcher]

@RealJamesWoods @Dan_Schwartz REMOVE HIM ASAP *IS* THE ONLY WAY @SenateGOP CAN SAVE FACE

[Benonwine @benonwine]

Absolutely WELL DONE ITALY 🇮🇹 👏👍

[Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby]

BREAKING: Hamas has released an updated casualty list, and it completely vindicates Israel.

The majority of casualties were military-aged men. If Israel were indiscriminately bombing Gaza, we'd see equal distribution.

Another one of Gaza's viral lies, debunked.

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

Yes indeed