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Declawing is a major surgery known as onychectomy, performed under general anesthesia, by which the tip of each digit (from the first knuckle out) of the cat’s forepaws is removed.
There is a slight chance of death in the surgery, & a declawed cat may have an increased risk of infection & life-long discomfort in its paws.
This surgery is not recommended for an adult animal & is thought about an act of animal cruelty in some countries.
People generally have felines declawed to prevent them from hunting &damaging furniture. Only in rare cases, vicious felines are declawed. In the USA, some landlords require tenants’ felines to be declawed.
