It's a decision that's making plenty say: "It's about time!" After decades of quietly letting people surgically remove the tips of their cats' toes just so their furniture would look better and their ...

Veterinarians who perform the procedure would face a fine of up to $5,000 for a first offense and up to $10,000 for a second offense, in addition to suspension or revocation of a license The Maryland ...

Amid complaints from animal welfare activists that declawing cats is cruel and often unnecessary, Illinois lawmakers have been debating for more than two years whether to ban the practice. Some ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Thursday to abolish cat declawing, making California one of few states to outlaw the practice. AB 867 was written by state Assemblymember Alex Lee (D-Milpitas), who ...

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When Gina, a 10-year-old cat, was brought in to the Harmony House for Cats in Chicago, it was quickly discovered that she had a bad biting problem. A veterinarian for the shelter did an X-ray on ...

(Gray News) - It is now illegal to declaw cats in the state of Maryland after Gov. Larry Hogan signed the bill into law Thursday. While several cities around the U.S. have a declaw ban in place, ...

A proposal to outlaw the declawing of cats, a procedure that animal rights advocates call cruel and unnecessary, failed to advance from a House subcommittee last month. House Bill 1382 would have made ...

Anyone who has ever owned a cat knows they can be moody creatures — accepting a gentle pat one minute, thrashing their claws at you the next. To avoid this, some cat owners take their cats to the vet ...

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