For everyone saying declawers are horrible people just worried about their furniture, that’s not always accurate. My parents had our cat declawed twenty years ago because as a child, the cat got surprised when I was holding it and scratched me very deeply in two occasions (had to go to the hospital and get antibiotics). In retrospect, I feel very badly for the cat, but at the time, my parents were told it was the best option and as a child, it wasn’t my decision to make. Now, as a slightly anxious adult with a small child, I simply choose not to own a cat at all.

I think there are lots of people who are not maliciously declawing their cats, but are merely ignorant and have been given wrong information. Let’s spread the word in a kind way, folks.