I think it is up to the owner to decided if they want to declaw a cat or not. It is a personal choice. We do still have choices as I recall. I have chosen to NOT declaw my cats. I do not condem anyone for making their choice TO declaw. There are lots of folks on this forum with declawed cats!

I have had declawed cats in the past, and I never noticed a difference in their personalities. They played less roughly, but that was it. I would go outside with them, never let them by themselves, and they would scratch on trees, catch chipmunks etc., just as though they had claws.

You can think what you want about the clawing/declawing issue, but don't let your imaginations run away! Really. I know this is a hot topic, but lets not condem folks, its a choice.