Amanda,

People who really want pets, will do and SAY ANYTHING in an effort to get them. You can sit there and grill them about declawing till you're blue in the face. They can tell you their totally against it. Once they get the pet home, they can basically do what they want. So it's not a matter of leaving is up to the perspective adopters. The big word in this case is IF the rescue organizations find out about it.

Unfortunately, declawing is a big money maker for vets. It's sad. What vets SHOULD do is show a video of the declawing procedure and educate the public on training their cat where to scratch (cat tree, scrathing post, etc.) But they don't. And too many people put more emphasis on their furniture than their pets well being.

I would LOVE to get a job in a vet's office, but I am way to opinionated on the declawing subject and could never get through a disgusting procedure like that.