All posts tagged The Paw Project

Rick Kriseman, Passionately Pro-Pet Mayor of St. Petersburg, FL

By | June 12, 2019 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Educators, Health & Behavior, Legislation, Mammals, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter, Veterinarians | No comments

Rick Kriseman—the mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida, who, a year ago, signed a proclamation declaring St. Petersburg a pet-friendly city—recounts growing up loving animals, dogs in particular. Mayor Kriseman describes how he and his family got started as puppy raisers for Southeastern Guide Dogs, bringing home their first assigned puppy, Jim, when he was 12 weeks old, and returning him at 14 months. Read more…

Lori Shepler, photographer & City The Kitty mom

By | April 5, 2017 | Advocates, Authors, Cats, General, Health & Behavior | 1 Comment

Lori Shepler—an award-winning former Los Angeles Times photographer who now presides over CityTheKitty.com, among the most informative and influential websites dealing with feline declaw surgery–traces that unlikely path. Read more…

Dr. Jennifer Conrad, founder of The Paw Project

By | December 7, 2016 | Advocates, Cats, General, Health & Behavior, Legislation, Veterinarians | No comments

Dr. Jennifer Conrad—the veterinarian and founder of The Paw Project, which has long educated the public about the painful and crippling effects of feline declawing, and who, as of this interview, has made more appearances on “Talking Animals” than any other guest–reviews what exactly the feline declaw procedure involves. Read more…

Dr. Jennifer Conrad, founder of The Paw Project

By | June 26, 2013 | Advocates, Cats, Educators, Health & Behavior, Veterinarians | No comments

Dr. Jennifer Conrad—veterinarian and founder of The Paw Project—explains exactly what de-clawing is, confronting head-on what for many is a confusing misnomer by noting that it’s “de-knuckling,” that the de-claw surgery actually involves amputating parts of the cat’s bones. Read more…

Dr. Jennifer Conrad, a veterinarian and Director of The Paw Project, which educates the public about the harmful effects of feline declawing

By | February 9, 2011 | General | 1 Comment

Dr. Jennifer Conrad, a veterinarian and Director of The Paw Project–an organization that seeks to educate the public about the harmful effects of feline declawing, to end the practice of the declaw surgery, and to rehabilitate big cats that have been declawed–discusses the declaw surgery, making it clear that it actually involves amputating parts of the cat’s toes. (The Paw Project recently issued a 34-second video that addresses the fuzzy understanding many people have about declawing cats.)  Read more…

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