While there is strength in numbers, there are a number of things an individual advocate can do, if you don't belong to an organized group. Who knows, you may attract a following of other like-minded individuals, and form your own group.
- Write Letters and Email
Send emails to your State officials requesting the introduction of a law in your state similar to the one I outlined on Page 3. Email addresses are available in the official state web site of your state. "Snail Mail" addresses are generally noted within major daily newspapers. - Post to applicable Bulletin Boards, Forums, and Email lists to which you already belong. I do not advocate joining a list simply for the purpose of posting a one-time message. This is viewed as spamming, and can hurt your cause, rather than helping it. For the same reasons, it would be better to avoid "general purpose" boards and lists (non animal-related.) You may want to include a link to this article in your posting, directed to:
http://cats.about.com/library/weekly/aa011401a.htm - Create a Petition
Online petition sites do most of the work for you. All you need to do is create the petition with your own wording, then collect the signatures and comments. If you have the time, energy, and inclination, start a local petition and send it to your City Council or County Board of Supervisors - Write Letters to the Editor
Include educational information from this article or any of the others in the sidebar links. The theme is "education." - Create a Web Page
If you already have a web site, create your own anti-declawing page. If you don't have one, web page storage is readily available for free at several sites on the Internet, starting with About, which has several templates for use by novices. A page of free graphics is attached for linking to this site, along with linking instructions.
It is unlikely that this project will be an overnight success. The wheels of progress move very slowly, especially when politicians are involved. However, by working together, with determination, dedication, and faith, we can save cats from the sentence of this painful procedure, one city, county, or state at a time, one cat at a time, ten toes at a time.
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