Ms. Kafer,

Just an FYI, because I can't add anything that hasn't been said already to the anti-declaw arguments:
please go back to English class and learn how to properly write a persuasive argument. You CANNOT come out and say you are for one side of an argument and then sound convincing presenting the other side. 

There is no middle ground here. You either believe declawing is wrong, abusive, and unnecessary mutilation of a sentient being that is entitled to live its life with its body intact, or YOU DON'T.