Originally posted by moosmom
I am dead set against declawing. In fact, the United States is the only country that DOESN'T outlaw declawing.
Actually, that is not true. There are many countries that do not ban declawing including Canada, Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine, etc!

The following is a list of countries in which declawing cats is either illegal or considered extremely inhumane and only performed under extreme circumstances. This information was obtained from this site: :Declawing

England
Scotland
Wales
Italy
France
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Norway
Sweden
Netherlands
Northern Ireland
Ireland
Denmark
Finland
Slovenia
Portugal
Belgium
Spain
Brazil
Australia
New Zealand

I have the same opinions as the rest of you. Why put your materialistic items first? The majority of people I have spoken to are not educated enough on animal procedures to even know the difference! I had one friend who thought declawing was a normal procedure when you take a cat into a home.

Education is severely lacking, especially in many vet's offices! It's horrible, since they can be the best educators. When I took Nakita in to get spayed the next question was whether I wanted the package which included declawing. No education or information was given to me except the price of the package.

Pictures can totally help and they should be present in the packages given to new cat owners. It's really sad that so many animals have to go through such an unnecessary procedure.