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

Following a tendonectomy, claws tend to grow in thicker because cats cannot scratch to condition them, so they may grow into the paw pad. Owners are advised to trim their cat's nails every week or ...

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.

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.

Once Democratic state Sen. Sara Feigenholtz of Chicago, chief co-sponsor of the bill, learned what declawing entailed and how it involved multiple amputations after one of her cats underwent the ...

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.

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 ...

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.

But if the change passes and a resident declaws their cat for any other reason, they could face a civil penalty of $500 for the first time, $1,000 for the second, and $2,500 for any instance after.

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 ...