Declawing: against or for?

[Alasse]

If a cat wasnt meant to have claws it woulda been born without...

Thats my feeling on declawing....same with docking tails and any other nasty we humans can think up that makes us believe an animal is more acceptable with

[DeLaUK]

I have to admit that I have met quite a few people who have had their cat declawed but had no understanding of what it really involved....and then theyve spent a long time feeling guilty over it. Personally I think that any procedure should be explained as fully as possible by the vet prior to carrying out the procedure....especially things like this (an elective surgery).

I think that we all do things that we sometimes think are either for the best or 'not a big deal', we are all capable of ignorance in one respect or another, and I dont mean deliberate ignorance I just mean that we dont always take the time to look into things more thoroughly or we take someone elses word for it (whatever it is). I know there are things that Ive done in the past that knowing what I know now I would have done differently, not talking about declawing but just generally speaking.

[i_love_my_ollie]

i guess we have done things as humans but this is 100 times worse as ur been cruel so a living animal with feelings that pic of the cat after mad me so sad as u can see the look on its face its looks depressed and unhappy how anyone can live with them selves after doing that i dont no its illgal in the uk ans oher countries for a reson coz its dam rite cruel.

ok ill calm down now very sorry jus makes me mad coz no1 should hurt another living thing with such disrepect or disregard