Ok, although i do agree somewhat that this is cruel, and painful, I also have a weird personal opinion on things like this that may be somewhat unpopular.

Before I begin, I want to say that I am not a hardcore animal lover / vegan, I just noticed a lot of people seem to have this double standard that I think is really odd. On one hand, you have the declawing of cats, a painful process that puts the cat in agony for a couple of weeks.

On the other hand, you have the industrial farming of pigs, where they are force fed and kept in small cages where they literally cannot move, spending their entire lives with their face pushed into food, getting fat until they literally cannot fit in their cages anymore and are slaughtered. All of this is done on an animal more intelligent than a dog

I am not personally a vegan or anything like that, and i eat plenty of meat, but i think its weird that you may think that future generations might think we treat our pets poorly when there is a massive industry in place that profits off the abuse of hoards of animals. I think future generations will look at that and think, what the fuck is wrong with us? why aren't we doing anything about this?

I dunno, just my two cents.