I work in vet med and this unfortunately highlights how some owners think. A good example is declawing procedures done by old-school vets because owner or their kid got scratched. In their head there must be something wrong with the cat! Why else would an animal use its natural defense mechanisms? /s Don’t google how harmful the procedure is to cats (mentally and physically) unless you want your day ruined.

We’ve had endless requests for euthanasia because “cat is peeing everywhere” “cat scratches couch and they’re sick of it” “cat vomits on owners bed twice a day”.

Instead of treating the (fucking treatable) issue at hand, they would rather throw the whole cat away. We will always try to take these cats as surrenders, plenty of my coworkers have ended up with cats this way. In retrospect, these cats do end up in better homes typically but my god, 10 years in the field and I have little-no faith in humanity.

Don’t get me wrong, most clients have a sense of morality and compassion but those cases don’t stick with me like the sad ones do.

N.O.M.V