Declawing is a controversial procedure that can cause lifelong pain and behavioral issues, and many experts discourage it. Cats need their claws for natural behaviors like scratching, which helps them ...

Around 45.3 million American households have cats, attesting to the deep love that Americans have for our feline companions. Yet bringing cats into our homes often means compromises and frustrations, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illinois could become the third state in the country to ban declawing cats, a procedure many see as inhumane but that others say ...

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 ...

Declawing your cat for the sake of your furniture or to avoid being scratched is rapidly becoming taboo, as a growing number of countries and states are banning the once common procedure many call ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers looked at the effects of declawing on larger cat species and found that declawing disproportionately impacts their muscular capabilities as compared to their smaller brethren. Declawing ...

So I read something today that made me a little angry. The issue is a little muddled, but I believe over-all I'm not in the wrong to be angry. Just to clarify things for myself I'm doing what I always ...

To the editor: What is barbaric concerning domestic animal practices? (“It’s time to scratch gruesome cat declawing surgery in California,” editorial, June 17) Docking the tails of puppies of certain ...

Illinois could become the third state in the country to ban declawing cats, a procedure many see as inhumane but that others say might sometimes be necessary to get cats out of shelters and into homes ...