Quote Originally Posted by Amon_Re View Post
I'm not the only one who considers declawing cats cruel, it's illegal in Europe and Australia and Israel. Declawing a cat involves amputation of the last bone in it's toes.

Not only is it cruel mutilation it also causes stress to the animal. Cats use their claws for more then scratching, they use it to grasp things, digging (even in litter boxes) running, climbing,...

You could draw an analogy with humans, you don't need your toes to live, but you sure wouldn't want to chop those off now would you?

Again, declawing a cat is a lazy way of evading your responsibility. If you can't live with the fact that cats have claws, then don't f'cking get a cat!

I've had cats all my life, my parents had cats all their lives and my sister who just had her fourth kid also has cats, we never declawed a cat (nor had to get rid of cats even though not all cats are as friendly as one would like). Cats don't go about attacking kids not even aggressive ones, they rather go sit somewhere out of reach of the objects that annoy them (dogs, kids, ...)

If you can't accept that cats have claws and that you might get scratched (be it while playing with a cat or something else) then you shouldn't f'king own one!



There is NEVER a good reason to declaw a cat just like there is NEVER a good reason to chop of your own toes.



And I have a perpetual motion device but I won't show it to you guys *rolls eyes*. Face it, the only reason why we don't take care of animals (be it life stock or pets) is because we're too f'cking lazy & greedy.

There are more cats in the world than there are people to care for them. Every year many are destroyed. It is better that a cat be destroyed than for someone who is lazy to adopt one and have it declawed?

Also many people rent and it is part of the lease. It may be hard to find a place to stay that a pet owner can afford. I know because I own rental property and I am not a huge fan of pets. A landlord can not afford to assume that a pet owner will be responsible.

Of course people have children that they can not afford to take care of properly as well. People want what they want and do the best that they can with what they have so long as it is not too much work to do so. Most are not willing to change lifelong existing habits to accommodate the things they have, children and pets included.