I would guess less than 1% of the housecats in the U.S. are declawed now. Perhaps well below that. That's about the ratio of the cats we get in the shelter. But, of course, more of them actually became available for adoption, because if they were declawed, we have evidence they were once somebody's baby.
Just in passing, the number of cats that are microchipped is steadily climbing and that, too, is a lifesaver. Even if we can't find the owner, we know that the cat was once owned, so it's not feral, no matter how it may look today.
Just in passing, the number of cats that are microchipped is steadily climbing and that, too, is a lifesaver. Even if we can't find the owner, we know that the cat was once owned, so it's not feral, no matter how it may look today.