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 ...

Cat declawing (also called onychectomy) is the amputation of the first digital (toe) bones in a cat’s paw, including the nail bed and claw. It’s done to stop a cat’s natural scratching behavior. While ...

Dear Cathy: In your column, "Stronger Case for Declawing," (Oct. 3) your case against declawing was based on opinion and supposition, not on science. There are many reasons for people to declaw cats.

Because there is a lack of rigorous long-term studies on declawing cats, the consequences of this practice have been long underestimated. Yet research we conducted in Quebec shows that declawing ...

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 ...

A law ending the practice of declawing cats and a law prohibiting the sale of dogs and cats under 8-weeks-old went into effect in Massachusetts on April 8. The laws could help keep animals out of ...

Amid complaints from animal welfare activists that declawing cats is cruel and often unnecessary, Illinois lawmakers have been debating for more than two years whether to ban the practice. Some ...

Correction: an earlier version of this story said the law went into effect immediately when it was signed. In fact, it becomes law Jan. 1, 2026. On Oct. 9, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In March of 2021, the city of Austin passed a cat declawing ban and was the first city in Texas to do so. (Photo by Markus ...

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 ...