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noveldevice at 02:59pm on 22/04/2010
noveldevice at 02:59pm on 22/04/2010A local cat who had been distracting his owner from her studies with repeated demands for attention discovered today that not all touch is good touch. The cat, who followed up an intensive campaign of running around their shared apartment meowing loudly and crashing into things with meaningful claw-stropping on the scratching post placed near his owner's desk and then leaping into his owner's lap and refusing to settle down, found himself abruptly upended and his claws ruthlessly clipped.
"I couldn't believe it," said Miles, age 13, who has been living in Vancouver nearly a year after moving here from Kansas to follow up on a lap vacancy. "I barely dug my claws into her, and I certainly didn't actually sharpen them on her new leather desk chair. I have more respect than that. I just informed her what could happen if my every whim were to suddenly stop being her command." The tabby was completely unprepared for what happened next.
"She laid violent hands on me. That's all I can call it. She just grabbed me, produced a vile implement, and began hacking at my claws." Although his owner was careful not to clip the quick and cause bleeding, and did not put the cat in any stress positions, the tabby asserts that it may have been torture. "I definitely felt terrified and helpless," Miles is on record as saying. "I don't want to say for sure that I will be speaking to a lawyer about this violation of my civil rights, but I think there is a good chance, particularly if I don't receive an apology and unlimited access to her lap for at least the next 72 hours, that I will pursue litigation. This just shouldn't happen in a civilized country."
His owner was unavailable for comment.
"I couldn't believe it," said Miles, age 13, who has been living in Vancouver nearly a year after moving here from Kansas to follow up on a lap vacancy. "I barely dug my claws into her, and I certainly didn't actually sharpen them on her new leather desk chair. I have more respect than that. I just informed her what could happen if my every whim were to suddenly stop being her command." The tabby was completely unprepared for what happened next.
"She laid violent hands on me. That's all I can call it. She just grabbed me, produced a vile implement, and began hacking at my claws." Although his owner was careful not to clip the quick and cause bleeding, and did not put the cat in any stress positions, the tabby asserts that it may have been torture. "I definitely felt terrified and helpless," Miles is on record as saying. "I don't want to say for sure that I will be speaking to a lawyer about this violation of my civil rights, but I think there is a good chance, particularly if I don't receive an apology and unlimited access to her lap for at least the next 72 hours, that I will pursue litigation. This just shouldn't happen in a civilized country."
His owner was unavailable for comment.
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