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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call records local senators’ votes from the week of Jan. 15-19. There were no roll calls in the House last week. BAN DECLAWING OF CATS (S 2552) – Senate 39-0, ...
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 ...