Thinking about cat declawing to save your furniture from your feisty kitten? Here’s what you need to know first.

It would forbid the surgical claw removal, declawing, or tendonectomy of any cat, or otherwise altering a cat's toes, claws, or paws except for a therapeutic purpose.

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 ...

A bill that would make declawing cats illegal outside of an established therapeutic purpose passed the Illinois House on Thursday, advancing the bill to the Illinois Senate for further consideration.

Michigan could join Maryland and New York as the only U.S. states to ban cat declawing if a bill recently reintroduced in the state House makes it into law.

BOSTON (WPRI) — It will soon officially be illegal to declaw a cat in Massachusetts. Gov. Maura Healey signed legislation Thursday that bans declawing and tendonectomy procedures on cats unless ...

Michigan's House of Representative is considering a bill to ban declawing cats. If passed, Michigan would join New York and Maryland in banning the controversial practice.

Documentary takes on the controversial practice of declawing pet cats in America. What do vets and scientists think?

But Rhode Island and Massachusetts are considering bills that would outlaw declawing cats in most circumstances. They would be the third and fourth states to pass such bans.

Pets Cat controversy: A change to a Virginia bill has been proposed that would make declawing illegal In the U.S., it's currently illegal to declaw cats in the states of New York and Maryland.