Newfoundland and Labrador veterinarians will stop declawing cats on January 1, 2019

NL, Canada will stop declawing cats first thing next year

This is more good news from Canada with respect to domestic cat health and welfare. The Newfoundland and Labrador College of Veterinarians passed a resolution that their members will no longer perform cat declawing from the beginning of next year. This is in line with a very strong trend in Canada to rapidly phase …

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US federal court declares that declawing wild cats violates the Endangered Species Act (ESA)

Stark owns a roadside zoo and has the cats declawed

PETA – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has won a court battle in obtaining a court order against the declawing of wild cat species. In fact the judge ordered an interim injunction against the roadside zoo, Wildlife in Need (911animalabuse.com). Also the judge declared that unnecessary declawing (non-therapeutic) violates the Endangered Species …

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Texas veterinarian declaws ‘quite a few’ raccoons a week

Declawed raccoon

These are pet raccoons. The owners are particularly keen to have their long, non-retractible claws removed on all four paws. Raccoons’ claws are attached to bone like cats. Declawing raccoons is similar to declawing cats. Safari Animal Care Center in Texas appears to be very profitable and profit motivated. Hence their disregard for the …

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