What affects us affects cats
The photographs show the results of a botched declaw operation on a polydactyl cat. They are horrific photographs and it makes me wonder how a veterinarian could do this bearing in mind his oath to never harm a cat but to promote the health of animals in his charge.
California is planning to ban cat declawing. Eight cities within the state banned declawing some time ago. If California passes this bill it will become the first state to ban declawing and it will be a monumental moment in the fight against this unnecessary and cruel practice.
This is a very quick note to report that the state of Rhode Island is the third US state to discuss a possible ban on cat declawing. The other two states are New York and New Jersey. In Rhode Island, senators Elaine Morgan, Thomas Paolino, Dominick Ruggerio, Leonidas Raptakis and Maryellen Goodwin are sponsoring …
Except for Nova Scotia it is legal to declaw cats in Canada. The default status in Canada is that the country follows America with respect to declawing cats. There is gradual pressure in Canada among enlightened veterinarians to stop declawing.
Yes, it is legal to declaw cats in California except within the jurisdiction of eight cities where the declawing of cats is banned. These cities are listed below together with details such as the date on which the ban was instigated.
Karel Cornohan DVM has resigned from the AVMA because this toothless, unethical association does not take a positive stand against declawing. In my words, they have fudged the matter. They have been shilly-shallying over declawing for a long time. They just can’t bring themselves to declare in unambiguous terms that the declawing of cats …
This is a very important study on cat declawing by three veterinarians called “Pain and adverse behavior in declawed cats”. It is self-funded and therefore there was no influence by interested bodies. It has been published and accepted on 23 March 2017 in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery. Please share this page …
This is the sad story of an inexperienced cat owner. She had adopted a female kitten who was about 5 to 6 weeks of age at the time. She leapt onto a hot oven door. A pizza was being cooked. The kitten’s paws were singed and burned. As far as I can tell the …
