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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A cat who can be considered helpless given his condition is patiently waiting for his forever home after living through a rocky past, a Philadelphia shelter says. “For nearly a year, Milo has been ...

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 ...

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 ...

Planning to declaw your cat? Scratch that. It’s now illegal in Massachusetts, except for rare medical cases. Gov. Maura Healey on Thursday signed An Act Prohibiting Inhumane Feline Declawing into law, ...