Vet Clinic refuses to declaw cats

[Catherine]

A vet clinic in Regina, Saskatchewan is refusing to declaw cats.
The cite concerns about the long term consequences for cats.

It seems a number of vets are refusing to do the operation.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchew...-1.2968978

I am interested in the claw caps they have come up with. Has anyone else ever heard of them?

I know clawing furniture can be a problem, but declawing is a cruel solution. I have witnessed the operation in person and it is horrible. The cat I saw screamed when it came out of the anesthetic. They may have refined the operation in the last 40 years, but I doubt it is any nicer.
It should have been banned 20 years ago or more.