>>Difficult choice, maybe not for you. But not everyone feels the same way, nor has the funds readily available to replace the damage done, nor has the luxury of owning their own house/apartment/townhouse/condo. And I have seen plenty of really great owners that have tried every method possible to get the cat not to ruin the new couch or chair, carpet or whatever. Some have even gone so far as to hire behaviorists to come into the house to try to rectify the situation, but to no avail. I do not think that declawing is the first choice in these cases, but when all else fails and you have exhausted every possible alternative, what would you have the owner who desperatly loves his/her cat, and wants to keep him/her but also wants a relatively decent home, to do??? >>

I don't have a problem with the people who have truly tried every possible alternative and remedy for a clawing cat. I would obviously want the cat to remain in his home and be loved and cared for for the rest of his or her life, so declawing would be the logical choice FOR THEM. The problem I have is with the people who declaw the cat because "cats have claws and will scratch everything" and then turn around and dump the poor cat.
Declawing is a very controversial issue and has to be done on an individual basis for the right reasons.
I was just stating how *I* felt about *my* cats and declawing. Guess I should have made that a bit clearer.
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