Quote Originally Posted by Amon_Re View Post

If you truly were to take responsibility you'd make sure your kid isn't left alone with cats (or dogs for that matter). What about teeth? Maybe you should pull the cat's teeth too? She might bite! (Actually, she is more likely to bite when declawed as those are her only means of defence left.)

No matter what excuse you bring up, declawing a cat is
A) Cruel
B) The lazy escape
C) An escape of your responsibility.

You should consider this before getting a cat, not punish the thing because you were too stupid to realize cats got claws.

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I'd get rid of the kid.