Reply #9: A flame by any other name... [View All]

[trotsky]

I have doubts that a person who chooses to declaw after knowing what the surgery entails would be providing a good home.

By making that statement, you are essentially telling me you don't think I could provide a cat with a good home. Not very tactful or respectful. And I don't buy into your slippery slope fallacy about shaving the cat.

Besides, what about hemophiliacs? Or people with weak immune systems, for whom a minor infection from a cat scratch could mean death? Do people like that have to forsake animal companionship?

And can you answer my question - would you rather see a cat put to sleep because a home can't be found for it, or the cat adopted, declawed, and cared for?