I am wondering whether Krista knows that in 2009, declawing was legally ban in eight California cities: West Hollywood, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Burbank, Santa Monica, Berkeley, Beverly Hills and Culver City. If she does, has she spent some time before writing this article to do a good journalistic work by examing those cities' animal shelter before and after data? If she did, she would find herself deadly wrong. No, declaw ban does not flood animal shelters with cats!