Same in Germany. And I'm really grateful for that.

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There is nothing inhumane or painful. Why must people always shout animal abuse? If it's a full time indoor cat there is nothing wrong with declawing them so they don't ruin your furniture, claw kids, etc. There's nothing wrong with it, this cat wasn't abused or it OBVIOUSLY wouldn't have returned to the house...seriously people calm down...

Probably only because she got so much reaction to it. its not something you learn later, its consciousness.

That's great. It's not a crime to do something because you think it's the right way, but it's boarding on criminal if they keep on doing it even though they know it's wrong.

Neither did I.

Same here.

That happens to me sometimes

I don't know why this showed up here. I was replying to the original comment and it posted in two places...

I totally get your confusion. We have cats and would occasionally look after our friends' young children, and we'd run into the same problem: the kids would bother the cats and the cats would scratch the kids. Our vet won't declaw cats, so I also thought I had no choice but to have the cats euthanized at a the shelter, but then it hit me, "Kids can't get scratched if they got no skin, right?" If my only two choices are between having an individual killed vs. removing an individual's body part, the latter is a no brainer, right? Anyway, long story short: there was a lot of screaming and the cops got involved, but when all was said and done, I learned about an amazing new technology called 'doors'. Remarkable things, these 'doors'. They can keep kids and cats separated, and that's only one of their many uses. And the best thing: if you live in a house, rather than say a parking lot or the middle of the ocean, chances are you already have several of these handy devices just waiting to be

Regarding your second post about the two choices: If you're too willing to cripple an animal because it has body parts you don't like - yes, then please, give it away to someone else. IN Germany, it's not allowed to de-claw cats at all, also it's not allowed to euthanize them jsut because they have claws. And lo and behold, people arranged themselves with the terrible inconvenience of separating animals and children if they don't agree with each other.

Anthony K, I want to upvote your comment 10 times but sadly it's not possible. Yes, dammit - keep your damn cat away from the kids or better yet, keep kids away from cats if they can't handle a scratch. If the cat is really aggressive - shut the damn door!

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Our oldest cat is 19. When we adopted her, our kids were 2 and 3 years old. Kids would come over to play and the cat would scratch them. Rather than face a potential lawsuit from kids' friends' parents,, we had the cat declawed. She is a healthy, happy elder cat and my now-adult children still love her. We didn't need to get the younger cats declawed because our kids were older when we got them. We love our cats and chose declawing our sweet cat over giving her away.

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So, I'm curious. People who downvoted my comment about declawing my cat - would they prefer I gave her away? Shelters are full and lots of cats are euthanized. Isn't keeping a cat in a family that takes care of her a better option? Or let little kids get scratched up? I'm a little confused.