Scratching post

As I had written earlier he does some scratching indoors too. Here is his (and our) favorite place:

Fortunately it's just this straw basket. This is the condition it got in after 2 and a half years of cat use and I thought of making a picture before replacing it. Obviously, it's very cheap and thabks to it all the rest of our furniture stays safe!

P.S. There are also protection strategies for cat scratching. The acceptable theory says that you have to repair/replace/hide any claw damage immediately otherwise they tend to return to the same place over and over. My preferred method is to also have available places like the straw basket that will take the damage and please the cat more than other furniture...