De-clawing Cats

I'm not a fan of declawing. It is just plain cruel. The only defense mechanism a cat has is it's claws. If something ever happened, they are being set up for failure due to not being able to defend themselves. It's just not fair to them.

As Kfander said above, cat's claws are not anything like our fingernails and toenails. Even if they were, can you imagine how painful that would be? It wouldn't be a fun experience. There's no avoiding the paint hat comes afterward and the constant confusion.