Which is Crueler?

Hardly a far cry.

If I asked you, "Given the option, would you rather live with your parents or on your own?" and you say, "That's ridiculous, I could choose to live out on the streets, why are you limiting my options?" It completely destroys the point of the poll. Given the two evils, which would you choose?

I guess you might as well throw out public polling when there are always options E, G, F, Z, and BB.

I say putting up the pets for adoption is worse. You know that they have a good home with you, and you can't guarantee that with a no-kill shelter. Declawing them, while still mutilation, still affords a comfortable, long indoor life.

I'm sorry. I wasn't looking at the thread with emphasis on the survey as a statistics tool but rather a social discussion like most threads.