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Originally Posted by Sowa
It's more of a case by case thing, because with declawing there's still no guarantees that the cat won't be returned to the pound. Declawed cats make up the vast majority of cats returned to pounds for behavioral problems and guess what its harder to adopt out declawed cats with behavioral problems. There's some who argue that cats that are declawed have a greater tendency to bite and not use their litter box. I think it's pretty telling that the US and Canada are the only western countries that don't have a law banning declawing. In a city like Austin, where we are a no kill zone I'd rather the city wait and find a suitable owner than one who is going to mutilate their cat.
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More then half of your post is pure speculation. Back up some of those statements with facts, it's just kind of hard to apply them to anything without the stats to back it up. Sure a "vast majority" of cats are allegedly being returned for behavioral problems but... is this fact? who did the study? how many cats in general are declawed? what percentage of declawed cats are returned versus clawed cats? It's easy to twist facts to prove any "point" but until their is a study by an unbiased party listed here then it's all speculation.
Secondly, beyond the US and Canada who are the other Western countries you are refering to? Mexico? They probably don't have cat declawing laws because they are still eating cats. Out of all the countries in the world how many do you think outlaw cat declawing? How many don't have laws about domestic animals period? How many do you think are too busy fighting civil wars and dealing with attrocities on actual humans to give a flying crap about cats and wether or not they should be declawed.
Are you against circumcision too? Because that is a modification made to a human against their free will. The only difference is it's done to keep someone's wang clean, not to keep them from clawing furniture with it.