so glad i live in a country where declawing is illegal

40 years ago, I did not understand how cruel declawing was. After my first cat, Bob, I came to understand. I find it hard to believe vets are still willing to do it. I apologize for my early ignorance. Poster was totally in the right for blocking that woman from torturing another cat

If you cannot accept the fact that cats comes with claws, then a cat is not the right pet for you. Get a tortoise instead if you care more for you furniture that the wellbeing of living animal, and don't know enough about bounderies to forsee when you'll get scratched.

My mom had a cat when I first met her, a sweetie named Cody. When she moved in, she gave Cody to her sister because my pop didn't want a cat. Fast forward about four years, we find out her sister declawed Cody. Mom took him back immediately and was furious.

That's not petty revenge, that's doing a good deed. De-clawing cats is cruel and so is re-homing them because you're "too important" to spend time with them.

It’s not just painful and deforming - it’s dangerous. A cat often uses their claws to help with balance or to grab ahold of something if they fall. We have six cats and I never even considered de-clawing any of them. Yeah, the furniture is a bit clawed up, and yes, we’ve been at the wrong end of the beanie meanies on occasion. But it’s so worth it.

It's "Kylie" who needs to be declawed. Better yet - neutered.

Well we now have a fox as well as 2 cats, it's clearly injured but animal rescue won't touch it as it's not "injured enough". So we've decided to rehab it ourselves as it's living in our garden. He had leftover beef ribs last night (not the bones, just the meat), half a fish finger ciabatta for lunch (I gave up halfway through) and some steak leftover from Saturday for dinner. He's got water and dry cat food outside but is currently sleeping on the hedge as it's getting down to 1°C. I'll probably build him an insulated hutch although whether he'll use it is a different matter. I say he, my wife thinks it's female, so maybe they? Oh and the cats are getting used to it, initially assumed it was a threat but now are starting to ignore it, as it does them.

The only time a cat should be declawed is if there is a significant injury to that area that cannot be fixed. And even then it should only be the affected area. The rest of the toe beans should be left alone!

Eat thing she could ever do, and stop that monster from having more cats.

Why did she take credit for the condo, indicating that she worked hard to be able to get it? “Worked hard for my degree and home ownership” If you take away the obvious delusion on her part she should be able to see how if Mommy & Daddy are purchasing a condo for you most definitely doesn’t equate to you using your big girl money to buy a home.

Unfortunately it's not illegal across the country, but I do live in a province that made both declawings and dockings were made illegal, and rightfully so. If the aesthetics of your home and pet matter more to you than their well-being, you do not deserve to have one.

I've had cats since I was 11 years old and I'd always just accepted that they all come with claws because that's just one more special attribute that makes a cat a cat. Needless to say, I was horrified a couple years later when I'd learned that some people declaw cats -- and more so when I learned what is done to their poor paws. And, that it's possible for a cat who has recently been declawed associating the pain they feel in their paws with using the litterbox, thus never going potty in a litterbox again.

whenever someone mentions wanting a cat, i tell them they better not like their stuff. because your stuff quickly becomes the cat's stuff and they will do what they like with it! having a cat is giving up ownership of everything you own LOL

At the animal shelter I volunteer at, there's a cat side and dog side. I volunteer on the cat side, and have for 10 years. I get MANY people that are angry....literally ANGRY....that our application and adoption processes are so lengthy and thorough. They don't like the fact that we reject some people simply based on the answers to the questions on the application. What many fail to realize is what situations many of these cats have come from and the cost and love involved in getting them healthy again and able to be adopted out.

I struck up a friendly conversation with a lady at my YMCA. We had talked a few times and I thought I was making a friend. Till she told me she declawed her cats. Yes, plural. She was quite older so I thought maybe she just didn't realize. So I explained it to her. The b***h knew! Cut her off mid sentence and said I'm not interested in talking to anyone who should knowingly abuse an animal. She leaves when I show up. Good

I actually did have my cat declawed. Well her "thumb" had a lump that turned out to be cancer so sadly her entire thumb had to go. The rest of her fluffy murder mittens were fully clawed.

Anybody watch that movie Bolt, where the cat is left without claws outside after the owners decide they don't want her?

As I frequently tell people, if I wanted expensive and perfect furniture then I would not have my two ladies. I.bought a sofa that is made from a really tough fabric that also doesn't show the scratches. I'm so glad that de-clawing cats is illegal where I live, it's a barbaric procedure and any vet who carries out the surgery isn't one I would trust to take good care of my ladies. All cats deserve so much better than that.

I'll confess, I have declawed a couple of my cats, years ago. I honestly had no idea it involved taking off a whole toe joint! Of course I haven't done that since. I have a cat now with 2 deformed front feet. There's only 3 toes, and one toe (same on each foot) has a double nail that he can't retract. The adoption agency said I could have those claws removed if I wanted. I took a good look at Rowney's feet and saw that if the double nail was removed, there would be hardly any paw left for him to walk on! So Rowney got to keep his weird toes and they don't cause any trouble at all.

Just like a registry for sex offenders, there needs to be a registry in each country for known animal abusers. That is all.