I was just volunteering at the shelter and there was a gorgeous tabby and white kitty with a Persian looking face and a stubby tail. He was very sweet and talkative, and he was a return. Not just surrendered, but he'd been previously adopted from our shelter by these people, then DECLAWED (which is against the contract they sign), and now surrendered!!!!!
I can tell you THEY will not be adopting a kitty from any nearby shelter ever again!
As well as that, there's 2 more declawed kitties in our "quarantine room" who got dumped at the shelter front door a couple of days ago. They're microchipped, so we could tell they were adopted from a nearby humane society - and they said these kitties were also adopted out with all their claws, and it's also against their contracts to declaw!!!!
We haven't had any declawed kitties in a while, so to have 3 who've been adopted, declawed and returned in a short period of time makes me wonder if there's a new vet around who's declawing and doing a bad job of it!! I'll be asking some questions, that's for sure!
I can tell you THEY will not be adopting a kitty from any nearby shelter ever again!
As well as that, there's 2 more declawed kitties in our "quarantine room" who got dumped at the shelter front door a couple of days ago. They're microchipped, so we could tell they were adopted from a nearby humane society - and they said these kitties were also adopted out with all their claws, and it's also against their contracts to declaw!!!!
We haven't had any declawed kitties in a while, so to have 3 who've been adopted, declawed and returned in a short period of time makes me wonder if there's a new vet around who's declawing and doing a bad job of it!! I'll be asking some questions, that's for sure!