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

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[–] Zaraki42@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] i_love_FFT@jlai.lu 1 points 6 months ago
[–] ganryuu@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

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.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

How much pain do you think most cats cause others, simply for existing?

We also need to ban non-vegan cat food

[–] HarryOru@lemmy.zip 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Cats who get declawed are generally indoor cats who wouldn't hurt anything but their owner's furniture regardless.

Also cats are obligate carnivores, and you're an asshole.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Nope. You're ignorant of biology. Enzymes have been on the market for a looong time

[–] Rachelhazideas@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago

I know you might mean well because giving cats vegan diets with enzymes appears to reduce animal suffering, but consider for a moment that cats cannot speak to us. Cats are proficient at hiding their pain, and they cannot tell us if their vegan diet is making them ill.

The best thing you can do to reduce animal suffering as a vegan is not to have children. Creating fewer humans objectively decreases consumption, ethical and unethical. Have a cat, eat meat, do whatever you want, but nothing will have a greater impact on this planet than to help lower its population. Heck, even murder reduces animal suffering if you don't consider humans an animal.

I'm just saying that vegan cat food is very far down on the list of effective vegan practices, and it is certainly not ethical because you cannot determine the magnitude of harm it can cause your cat.