Long lost cat found

Yeah, it’s the sharpness of the claws those people are trying to get rid off by pulling them out

That's a very american thing to do btw. No offense.
Edit: why the downvotes? I don't know any other country that does this.

Here's an offensive generalization, but it's okay because I said "No offense". Now nobody can be mad at me.

Coming from a family that has a lot of little kids around all the time, we needed pets that wouldn’t cause harm to their little grabby hands.

My parents decided to give me and my siblings warnings. Whatever happened next would be entirely our fault.

Declawing a cat is a cruel cruel thing to do. It's like having someone remove the tips of your fingers to that top knuckle. It causes arthritis and other issues later in life, and actually leads cats to become more aggressive because their first line of defense is gone. So instead they will bite, and bite HARD.

Yo I didn't say every american declaws their cats, I just never heard from anyone outside the USA doing it. Thus to me it is indeed an american thing.

America is one of the few countries where it is still legal. I know it's illegal in Australia, UK and Europe. Such a horrible practice, it's animal abuse in my opinion.

I think that's true.
If you want a cat but can't handle it's claws then you can't fucking have a cat.

Here's a cat for those that can't handle the claws
https://www.modes4u.com/en/kawaii/p39578_grey-white-cute-cat-blue-collar-with-bell-plush-toy-Yappari-Munchkin-from-Japan.html

I live in the US, never declawed our cats - its freaking awful to do, but also it keeps them from properly stretching their heart muscles. Just clip them, it's easy. I do it for my parent's cat and my neighbors.

Cat scratches are one of the the types of scratches that carry very harmful bacteria and since in a household of 12, a parent can’t expect to know about every little scratch. And given the overreactive tendencies of our aunts and grandparents (“your pet hurt my child! get rid of it!) if a cat were to spaz on a child, we would have to get rid of the cat.
Declawing was safer for everyone involved

No it’s not. If you’re worried about a cat scratching your child, just don’t get a cat.

Or a child

"We don't want a cat scratching the children that are often around so instead of not getting a cat we shall mutilate a cat's feet"