My daughter's roomie just 'inherited" the family cat-- for some insane reason the cat has a flea collar (?) that was put on like a zip tie supposedly by a vet 4 years ago. It makes no sense to me at all. AT ALL. So daughter calls me cause they can't get it off and she's tried scissors but the collar is thick and she's afraid of hurting the cat. Options are medical scissors or vet visit. Since I'm the ebay Queen off i go to search and since this collar is thick and evil and these shears say they can cut tourniquets I figure its worth the 6 $ or whatever to save them a vet visit. Daughter gets the shears and within 2 minutes texts me that the collar cut right off with no issue. I've got a set headed my way now too.