Posted by LJ on October 14, 1998 at 11:37:11:
In Reply to: Illegal to declaw? posted by Charlee on August 27, 1997 at 14:07:21:
:I've had my cat for seven years and had recently brought a puppy into the household. The cat started shredding doorframes and attacking the puppy with his claws. All efforts for the past eight months to change behavior failed and the vet suggested declawing. If I had known what it truly involved, I would have never done it. I think it should be illegal. I have to live with the knowledge that I maimed my cat. It is inhuman and irreversible. You can never take back the damage that is done. My cat has 'recovered', and is babied, but my advice to anyone who would consider it, don't do it! There is nothing that makes the suffering worthwhile.