Declawing: against or for?

[carole]

I am in complete agreement with you there David, I know some people on PT who have had it done, would never do it again, if its merely done so they won't scratch your good furniture or wallpaper, then maybe one should not have a cat.

I take pride in my home, and there are things my darling Lexie has destroyed, like my sheer curtains, my wallpaper, the list goes on and she is the only cat I have ever had who is so destructive, and she has lovely big trees which she scratches her claws on, but I would never consider doing this to her in a million trillion years.. she is worth so much more to me than material replaceable things,of which she is neither.

And I am proud to say in New Zealand it's illegal or considered extremely inhumane and only performed under extreme circumstances.

I think if your material positions are that important to you, then a cat is not the pet for you, simple as that.