[My hearts in London - Everett]

I now get my pets from other sources also. The last time I went to a shelter to adopt a kitten, they asked if I was going to have it declawed. That was a deal breaker for them. They also wanted to check my home. A deal breaker for me. My question is, would they rather have a declawed kitten (which is minor surgery for a kitten) or a dead kitten because no one adopts it?

[1rudeboy]

Uh, dead kitten.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

"My question is, would they rather have a declawed kitten (which is minor surgery for a kitten) or a dead kitten because no one adopts it?"

Declawing a cat, on top of the painful surgery, is cruel because you leave the cat absolutely defenseless. Declawing is never a no-big-deal-thing. When, not if, the cat gets outside accidentally, he/she is at the mercy of every dog and mean spirited kid it encounters. Cats have claws for a reason.