TACOMA, Wash. — The Tacoma City Council on Tuesday voted to ban the declawing of cats except when conducted by a licensed veterinarian for therapeutic or medical purposes, becoming the first city in ...

Sad Shelter Cat Who Was 'Declawed and Abandoned' Is Breaking Hearts Left and Right originally appeared on PetHelpful. Making the decision to bring a pet into your home isn't one to take lightly. Sadly ...

Destroyed furniture and scratch marks can be frustrating for cat owners. To avoid this, some cat owners resort to declawing their cats, despite the harmful effects it can have. "It's quite traumatic," ...

LANSING, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) — Is it a humane protection for cats or is it government overreach? That's a question in Lansing that supporters and opponents of a proposed House bill are asking each other ...

Two new animal welfare laws go into effect in Massachusetts on April 8 One of the laws bans the declawing of cats Declawing causes serious pain and behavioral problems for the cats involved, according ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2020. Q: I recently adopted a kitten named Joy from a rescue that prohibits ...

EWING, New Jersey -- New Jersey could soon be the first state in the nation to ban the controversial practice of declawing cats. An assembly committee has approved a bill that would ban veterinarians ...

Ohio could join five other states and Washington, D.C., when it comes to a ban on declawing cats, as Senate Bill 252 would make it illegal to remove a cat's claws. "When people say they're going to ...

A bill sponsored and supported by SouthCoast legislators would ban declawing of cats, with the measure passing the state Senate unanimously on Thursday. State Sen. Marc Montigny, D-New Bedford, was ...

Although it used to be common for cat owners to choose declawing as a solution to preventing scratching damage to furniture, carpets and the like, there are major negative consequences to it. Once ...