Originally posted by Chainsaw Kitten
Declawing is illegal in Switzerland. I agree with that measure.
I understand the point. Declawing is the most severe and painful of the operations that one can do to a cat, and it does marginalize their prowless.

However...

If one prevents declawing, then a great many cats who would have otherwise been adopted will not be adopted.

some homemakers simply wish to keep very valuable furnishings at the same time as they would like to keep some cats. (I love cats and keep four indoor cats, but half of my furniture is shredded to ruin). The price a kitty would pay to live in such a nice establishment is a painful several days, and then to be less able to defend itself in an environment where there is no threat.

Many a cat would not have found a home if not for declawing.

so, you would rather kill all of these cats then give them a declawing. where is the priority in that?