Declawing is ILLEGAL in MANY countries, because it is considered animal cruelty, and if you asked a vet about it in such places, they'd be socked and horrified. People still have cats, claws, and nice furniture.
Many cat behaviorists do report behavioral changes--for the worse--in declawed cats. Of course not every cat shows all of them, just like not all humans react to traumatic events in the same way.
Numerous vets in the States refuse to declaw because they see what it does to the cat. http://www.declaw.com Plenty still do it, without educating the owner, because they make money at it.
Check out these links:
http://www.littlebigcat.com/declawing/ch...declawing/
http://www.littlebigcat.com.php5-16.dfw1...com/?p=198
Here is a vet website; check out their declawing page.
http://catclinicofroswell.com/2012/07/de...ws-biting/
I won't be swayed by biased articles on web sites of huge veterinary corporations,which downplay the harm in declawing so fewer people will change their minds so they'll make more money at it. They won't get my business. And I have no interest in arguing further--just had to say what's on my mind. I'll go right on educating people about what declawing is--and how to train their cats--and hope it gets outlawed in the States because it IS animal cruelty.
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