I would never declaw my cats. That said my parents adopted a declawed rescue and it was the only way they would have a cat. Her name was Mary she lived in a huge house with a screened porch and a catio too. She was very loved and extra spoiled. If the choice is declaw or euthanize then it is a clear choice to me.Just curious if there's any studies on the long term negative effects of having a cat declawed, cause every time I see this brought up, I see a few people saying they declawed their cats, and their fine..
Also I assume most of us would rather have a cat be declawed then euthanized(unless you argue otherwise), but what about if a owner wouldn't adopt a cat that isn't declawed and there's no other choice and the other option is for the cat to remain at a shelter or homeless?
edit: I know shelters will offer already declawed cats for people that would want to declaw their cats, we're not counting that for the sake of conversation for my second point.