Originally posted by nodgeness
if it's the difference between being stuck @ a humane society in a cage or in a loving home declawed, I think i would opt for them to be declawed.
In general I am against it, but I have to agree with nodgeness in this respect. There are soooo many kitties in shelters, that if the only thing keeping them from being adopted, spoiled rotten and kept in a loving home for the rest of their lives is there claws....well.....why not? I know lots and lots of cats that are declawed - mostly just the fronts - and are completely happy and have had no emotional repercussions from the surgery. So what I would do is try and educate the new kitty owner as to ways to train the cat to a scratching post and such, and I would do my best to keep them from being declawed, if it's an either declaw or we don't take situation....
I know this may not be a popular opinion, but there has to be some give and take in the adoption process or the shelters are going to be even more over run than they are now.
What really bothers me is the people who just automatically assume - Well, I got a kitten, gotta get it declawed - and never even consider the alternative that bother me.
Oh, and declawing in the back is absolutely totally unnecessary under any circumstances.
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