If declawing were all it did, I wouldn't be so much against it. But the process involves shearing off an actual joint in each of their 'fingers', and I can't do that to them, so all five of our cats all have their claws. I trim them, but that's as far as I'm willing to go.

cracclx, Stockard thanks your girlfriend for the compliment!

birdgirl, here's a bird-eating pic for you. Heh. I went inside to get my camera, and when I got back, Stockard had already caught and devoured most of this bird. All that was left were its wings connected by a hunk of gristle. Hey, his first 7 months of life were on the streets; I'm *glad* he knows how to hunt, else he'd probably not have survived.