The thing I just don't understand is people will something like this to a cat and then turn around and still say they love them.
I live with a Sphinx. I say live, because I don't like admiting I have her, since it was my father who bought her, despite the rest of the family saying no.
Our kitchen chairs are made with, I think, fake leather. She scrached so badly, that even the foam is visible in ripped place, one couch has multiple stichings coming apart.
The cat is a general annoyence, but in the cat way, or shall I say Spinx way, because sometimes she doesn't shut up, even if you give her what she wants.
And yes I got used to her, but I still don't like. And would be happy to have her gone, because my father does the bare minimum in taking care of her and it still is done with us asking him to do it.
But, but I would never even think about declawing. Do I hate her? Yes, but that's the outcome of my relationship with my father. But at the same time it's not her fault she's here. So I would never even suggest declawing. This like ah, yes a kid draw on the wall, as little kids do, because you didn't give them a right outlet, let's dehand them, so that never happens again (might be a very wrong example but gets the point across).
This post is not me trying to explain myself or show hiw good of a person I am, because I hate the cat, but won't declaw her.
I'm trying to paint a picture as to how I hate the cat and don't declaw her. But there are people out there who will and then turn around and say they love them, even thou they just removed one of the most important parts of their cats bodies.
Like how do they do it? How in general, can you harm the animal, not by accident, but with purpose for being the way animals are, how still say you love them?
Sorry, for any mistakes, English is not my first language.