Don Juan's Mom,

I wasn't condemning anyone, really. I was talking about the people's REASONING for getting rid of their pets. Like the woman with her two small children, walking into a shelter with a 15 year old cat. Her son, clutching the cat sobbing, begging his mother NOT to leave the cat at the shelter. HER reason??? Because the cat didn't PLAY with her children anymore. That's like getting rid of Granny because can't jump rope with the kids anymore.

Declawing is an entirely different issue on this board which I would rather avoid altogether. I will only say that I am totally against it. Kittens CAN be trained to use a scratching post. I have 8 to prove it.