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Most vets around me refuse to declaw, and I believe the EU already has such a stupid law.

I know damned well what declawing is, yes, its taking off the last knuckle of the cats toes... and frankly, the cat gives up the tips of its toes to live a comfortable, lazy, cared for life in my home... I will not have my things destroyed because a cat is going to be a cat and like it or not claw things or scratch people.

It is not cruel, it is not mean, and you ban it, you will wind up with a lot more feral cats running around because folks who would be willing to adopt one, like myself, will instead refuse to.

Agreed. We at first planned to not declaw our cat. For the first 1-2 years, we put caps on her toenails. However, she was still clawing through the wood frames on the door to the porch, as well as furniture, etc. We had her front paws declawed. She still loves us.

Why declaw a cat?

So you can keep them locked up indoors 24/7 for maybe 10 years?

Now THAT is cruel.

Really, all it takes is a little training of the cat owners instead—trim their toenails and make a scratching post available.

Cats don’t scratch people unless they’re abused or they have been taught that rough play with their claws out is acceptable.

It’s the amputation of all the tips of their fingers and it IS cruel. I have an old cat that I adopted 6 years ago that had been declawed at some point. She is 15 now, and is in constant pain in her front paws, she limps and is constantly shaking first one front paw, then the other.

Most vets around me refuse to declaw, and I believe the EU already has such a stupid law.

I know damned well what declawing is, yes, its taking off the last knuckle of the cats toes... and frankly, the cat gives up the tips of its toes to live a comfortable, lazy, cared for life in my home... I will not have my things destroyed because a cat is going to be a cat and like it or not claw things or scratch people.

It is not cruel, it is not mean, and you ban it, you will wind up with a lot more feral cats running around because folks who would be willing to adopt one, like myself, will instead refuse to.

Agree with everything you posted. My cats are all living to a very old age with the best health care in a stimulating indoor environment. That beats two years of hell outdoors where idiots still dump them in the spring.

I've saved 4 abandoned kitties over the last 8 years. Those were the smart or the desperate ones that came to the door and got over their shyness to survive. The ones that I feed and cannot corral usually do not make it past two winters.

Our lawmakers should spend more time on stiffening the penalties for those that dump their unwanted pets in the country.