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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I actually had to take some courses in cat behavior, and declawing is way, way, WAY preferable to rehoming or trimming nails, especially for already-skiddish cats. Studies have found it takes cats up to a year to adjust to a new home, so that’s a year of stress, elevated cortisol levels, etc. Taking them in 1-2x a month to get their claws trimmed is also awful and will lead to chronic stress, and will likely make their behavior problems worse. Declawing, however, has been shown to cause no increase in cortisol levels or aggression long-term.

Plus, all that meat you eat? Those animals had it much, much worse than a declawed cat. Doesn’t make sense condemn some animal suffering while endorsing other suffering. Just sayin’.[/quote]

1. Which "studies", exactly?  I don't agree with whichever "experts" told you that declawing "has been shown to cause no increase in cortisol or aggression long-term", and neither do the veterinary authorities in the multiple countries that made declawing illegal.

2.  Your "point" about eating meat (as a human) is a logical fallacy.  You cannot speak with any degree of authority about the meat-eating practices of every person in your audience, or even assume with any degree of comfort that every person in your audience eats meat at all.  Really stupid of you, and shows you know you don't have a real argument.  (I, for example, don't eat meat).[/quote]

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