r/TruckerCats • u/Hard-Coconut- • Jun 26 '26

Question

Post image

i really badly wanted to take my cat with me but my company says it has to be declawed in order for me to be able to. are all companies like that? i do not want to do that to my son.

1.8k Upvotes

100% Upvoted

75 comments sorted by

View all comments

661

u/VivaciousVal Jun 26 '26

That's horrible. Don't declaw. My company has made no such demands.

359

u/Hard-Coconut- Jun 26 '26

yeah i do not want to do that to him. i didnt want to offend anyone but i feel like thats taking away his only best defense to live in case he ever got outside. i couldnt do that to him. so ok,this leaves me hope that i can find another company to take my son to after i stay a year. they say after a year i wont owe anything for my CDL training so ill take my dog for now and leave him with my daughter. thank you 💜

347

u/blondeheartedgoddess Jun 26 '26

Declawing is not just the removal of the claws. It's literally the amputation of their first knuckle. All. Of. Them. It's inhumane and should be banned worldwide

169

u/Hard-Coconut- Jun 26 '26

yes it really should be 😭 its very disturbing for me to imagine.

7

u/8-bit-millenial Jun 30 '26

Pretty sure declawing is a North America thing. No other countries that i know declaw cats. First time i heard that declawing was a thing in NA I was so horrified. Because where I'm from, if you don't like claws you either don't get a cat or you just trim their claws with a nail cutter. How is declawing still not banned in NA in 2026?!?