I have one sister that will only adopt animals from
kill shelters.

She has 5 cats and 2 dogs, and recently she
mentioned she wanted to
adopt 1 or 2 kittens when the oldest dog passes away.
(All 5 cats have their front paws declawed. They
are happy and have no behavior problems. )

I mentioned to her about the controversy over declawing.

Her statment to me:
What is better for the cat? To be put to sleep in a kill
shelter or be declawed and live a happy life as a house cat?

I do not have cats and I am not going to judge.
But I do see the other side of the coin too when
the alternative could be death in a kill shelter.