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 ...

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 ...

Declawing can lead to behavior problems and medical issues. Kseniya Ovchinnikova / Getty Images Cat declawing—the removal of a cat's claws—is a controversial medical procedure. Leading organizations ...

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 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation banning cat declawing. The procedure involves amputating the first bone in ...

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," ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...