Reply #3: It's generally accepted, here. [View All]

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I'm against it, personally. But that's because I've seen the research on it. Veterinarians in the U.S. don't hesitate to declaw cats because many people wouldn't get a cat if they had to deal with the claws which would lead to even more cats in shelters.

My cats *know* they're not supposed to scratch the furniture, but they do it occassionally as though they forgot or something. Plus they go through wild cat chases around the house about once a day and they bounce all over the place which scratches the furniture. Plus, if I'm holding one of them and they suddenly get spooked by a noise they'll freak to jump off my lap and a couple of times I've been scratched in the process. For me, none of these things are enough to force them to be declawed but for a lot of people they would rather give up a cat than put up with the damage claws can do.

Personally, I think it's wrong. But those are the reasons that I think people get their cats declawed.