Where is declawing cats banned ?
1) As you have already been given a list of the countries in which declawing is banned I won’t bore you with the list again, but I think it is wonderful that there are 38 countries on the list. 2) They get them knowing that the option to have their toes amputated is available, they know they don’t have to bother to train them to use a scratching post and they don’t have to bother to teach their kids to be kind and gentle to animals because the cat can’t scratch them even if they hurt the cat. What people don’t realise is that a declawed cat may turn to biting as a means of defence and as a declawed cat is in a very vulnerable position this happens frequently. Also the stress of having no claws when the cat still has all the instincts of a clawed cat can lead to frustration and behavioural problems in cats, and in particular soiling outside of the litterbox because of the pain felt in the stumps after the operation. 3) In every cat rescue shelter there are a large proportion of the inma
