[QUOTE]Originally posted by PayItForward
[B]I disagree, a home which demands declawing before homing a cat is not a good home but a narrow minded OR uneducated one.

What happens if the cat does something worse than scratching, like weeing on the carpet. That cat would usually be shipped off to the shelter straight away as these homes which won't accept frayed sofa are unlikely to tolerate urine soaked sofas any better.

Please note that 60% of declawed cats send to shelters have developed urine based problems. So declawing failed these cats, they certainly didn't get a forever home due to declawing and then they have a much higher chance of being put to sleep, who wants a weeing cat ?!?

Owners need to be forced by law NOT to declaw while we educate them why declawing is pointless.
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Well I don't know much about this since I've never had a cat but...I know many poeple that have declawed cat's that are always messing up their house however I know they would never think about giving them away...so no, not always.