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Article: Claws for Concern.(clawing is natural behavior for all cats)
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- Animals
- Article date:
- September 1, 2000
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2000 Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Scratching-post training declawing, and other hard-as-nails issues.
Coquina, an orange tabby, awakens shortly after dawn. She jumps down from her perch, fully extends her front legs, and stretches, digging her claws into the carpet. Sufficiently awake now, she ambles down two flights of stairs, where she stops, reaches her front paws up toward the top of a favorite couch, and rakes down with her claws. A morning ritual is complete.
While Coquina may have her own personal preferences, the ritual is far from unique. For felines all over the world--from docile house cats to Bengal tigers--clawing is an essential characteristic of being a cat. Yet the ...
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Article: D.C. Pet Adoption Box; Moochie, a 3-year-old Maine coon ...
The Washington Post;
May 25, 2006 ;
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...The D.C. Animal Shelter, 1201 New York Ave. NE, and the Washington Humane Society Shelter, 7319 Georgia Ave. NW, offer animals for adoption. The D.C. shelter has viewing and adoption hours from noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays and noon to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; the society's shelter,
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