I wish the veterinarian that started declawing all those years ago thought beyond stage one.  I wish he thought of all the pain and discomfort that the cats would suffer for the rest of their lives, I wish he thought of all of those cats that would end up in shelters BECAUSE of declawing -- because it hurt to use the litter box or because they began to bite.  Declawing does not keep cats in homes.  Declawing never should have started in the first place, let's let cats be cats.  As a private practice veterinarian I will never declaw and as a shelter veterinarian I will never adopt to someone who will.