I am NOT a cat person. But a displaced 1+ lb. feral kitten wound up in my yard being barked at and cornered by my Brittany. I took her in. Tried to give her to the pound who would not take a kitten so small. Had to be at least over 2 pounds. I decided to get her fixed and keep her as an indoor cat. I did not have the heart to remove her claws. She does a little damage to the rugs, but I’ll live with that.
We had a cat declawed once. Only the front claws. He was an indoor cat, too lazy to want to go outside.