Poor Nala

When we went to adopt our kitties, I was very uneducated about cats. But all Operation Kindness had to say to me was we do not recommend declawing - it hurts the cats. That's all I had to hear to decide against it. Now I've got my two clawed love bugs who sometimes 'get' me in play (never maliciously), but it's no big deal. I do not understand the furniture argument because dogs chew the dickens out of things and kids draw on the walls and tear up everything. You wouldn't remove a dog's teeth or a child's hands.

There are some who will argue that it's better to declaw than not adopt at all and I sort of agree. We can educate and do our bests to prevent people from declawing, but if it comes down to declaw or leave in shelter, I would rather they adopt I guess. But I think most people are like me, who just need a little education and if they were just aware of the damage declawing does, they would never consider it.