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In article <bmdhg0$l94oj$1@ID-200690.news.uni-berlin.de>, 
sterilize.the.spammers@killkillkill.com says...
> > I would consider de-clawing to be more like removing a humans nails,
> > wouldn't it be?
> 
> No... it is not.
> 
> Removing your nails (pull them off), and you'll grow them back in a few
> weeks. Declawing means the cat will never grow claws again.
> 
> So if you "declaw" a human, it will involve removing the last part of all
> the fingers.

No.  If you have your fingernails completely removed they will not grow 
back.  They don't have to chop off the end of your fingers to accomplish 
this.  They simply have to remove what's called the "germinal matrix" 
which is the thing that connects your fingernail to your finger.

> > Would you still be able to use your fingers? I think so. If it is going to
> > be strictly
> > an indoor cat and it's ripping your furniture apart, why not?
> 
> Because it's a rather horrible surgery... and it's a pet. You're supposed to
> love it...

We all love our cats and help them get more out of life by having their 
sex organs torn out by some knife-wielding psychopath who calls himself 
a "veterinarian" simply because he went to night school and learned how 
to legally chop up animals.  That's pretty horrible.  Declawing them 
wouldn't be any worse.