New Israeli Clause On Claws

Declawing cats has been outlawed in Israel.

Late last month, Israel’s legislature passed a bill that outlaws the practice of declawing cats, a move that is a win for animal activists, but devastating to fancy couches and rugs across the country. And the letter of law comes with a hefty pricetag — a $20,000 fine and up to one year in jail.

While declawing has become a common practice in the U.S. — it’s estimated that about 25% of American cats are declawed — the procedure itself is actually quite gruesome, which is why Israel joins countries such as Europe, Australia and Brazil in enacting a ban against it.

Here are some of the reactions to this news:

Amnesty International: We condemn this curtailing of the rights of people with fancy couches and rugs

Palestinian Authority: Israel’s attitude towards cat declawing is an obstacle to peace.

Hamas TV: Hmm, a declawed cat. Sounds like a good idea for our new character

Dickie Silverstein: My Israeli source tells me the Mossad is behind this bill to have cats declawed

Matisyahu: Screw this! I’m shaving off my beard

3 thoughts on “New Israeli Clause On Claws”

  1. This article made me paws for a few seconds.

    More reactions:

    DailyKKKos: Diary “BREAKING: Israel uniterally outlaws declawing”

    Mound o’ Scheiss: Zionist Fascism and Ongoing Nakba Escalates With New Anti-Declawing Law.

    Electronic Intifada: Of Palestinian Zaatar-Growing and Zionist Cat-Declawing.

    Ron Paul: 9/11 was blowback for Bush’s reaction of glee to Israel’s anti-declawing measure.

    Purr-sonally, I think if there were some law to prevent our politicians from declawing the Israeli Army (like the way they’ve done in all those years of Kassam rocket fire on Jewish towns), things would be just purr-fect.

    (By the way, in Hebrew the word for “purr” (noun) is girgur.)

  2. I wonder how many cats and kittens will now be abandoned because of this stupid government nanny law.

    Oh yeh! Live on the outside will be so much better for them!

    Stupid politicians.

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