Declawing cats should be called "cutting the fingers off of cats so they can't scratch anymore".
this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2025
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It's illegal in Québec.
It's illegal in a lot of regions. Maybe list the ones where it's not.
USA! USA! USA!
There ya go
Oh, didn't realise this was a Canada sub.
Ontario still allows it apparently. Get your shit together Ontario!
Good!
When I first heard some countries did this it was like 20 years ago. I thought at the time it was news because they'd stopped - clearly I was wrong :/
proud to never have mutilated my cat's fingers or balls. and he was still really chill anyway.
We would never consider it because we had kids and dogs and the cats needed their claws. But yes it should be banned. We don't declaw dogs.
I wish we'd trained them to sit still to have them trimmed, as now the kids are grown and dogs not puppies either, but it's no big deal. Just don't get expensive furniture.
We don't declaw dogs? Removing the dew claw is very common on dogs.
That one doesn't help them, though. I just mean the dogs are all scratching up everyone's floors, but then they declaw the cats? I can get a couch cheaper than getting the floors refinished. And puppies CHEW stuff too. Our dogs have done more damage than our cats.
I thought they banned this like 20 years ago
The simple fact that we still call it "declawing" is so infuriating... I've had to tell a lot of people around me that it actually is an amputation.
Agree. My younger self thought it was just a nail removal instead of severing the ends of their fingers and toes.
Because that's what the people doing it told us it was and kids don't know better.
TIL 😱 Poor little kitties, why are humans so thoughtlessly monstrous?
Because the sole reason for having animals is the emotional fulfillment of humans, however much it is dressed up as "for the animals." So whatever is annoying about these little fur balls is just removed as it serves no purpose.
That argument can be applied to anything.
I want to make my wife happy, because her being happy makes me happy.
That's all just human nature, and it's okay as long as what we do doesn't hurt others.
Why even have a cat if you're going to mutilate their hands?
Like, just get a dog if you can't handle the claws.
Like, just get a dog if you can't handle the claws.
Cats can retract theirs; dogs can't. I'm not sure this would work out. Not to mention you gotta clip the dog's every once in a while and if you do it wrong, you can hurt them.
Cat's claws are for hunting, fighting and climbing. They are extremely sharp, and can rip your skin and make you bleed without even trying.
Dog's claws are for traction and digging. Usually dogs claws are dull, they might still cause a big of damage to the top most layer of your skin, but they have to make an effort to draw blood. Dogs hunt and fight with their teeth instead of their claws.
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Wait, it's like forbidden in almost all countries
While onychectomy is banned in at least 38 countries,
Should be, but wishful thinking that it is.
It's legal in the US, and sometimes even recommended by vets.
I met someone who had it done because she trusted her vet's advice. Her cat completely changed.
The US opinion doesn't count, that country is an insane shithole
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As bad as declawing can be, there is something worse: cutting the tendons so they can’t flex their claws anymore.
I had a cat I adopted off the street that had that done, and because he couldn’t scratch things his claws had grown through the pads of his feet.
:(
They make these plastic caps that blunt kitty's claws, if you need to take the scratch out of a cat. say, for human safety during socializing lessons.
I'm gonna lose a limb just trying to get those onto my cats murder mitts.
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