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

Rhode Island would soon join the many places that prohibit the declawing of cats under legislation approved by the General Assembly.

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 a cat does not just remove the claw, it removes the bone connected to the claw. This procedure can leave cats in pain for the remainder of their lives and cause further health and ...

HB 201 seeks to ban onychectomy, partial or complete phalangectomy, or a tendonectomy, unless deemed medically necessary for the health of the cat.

A tendonectomy involves cutting a tendon in the toes to limit the extension of claws. The law, S.2552— An Act prohibiting inhumane feline declawing, prohibits the practice except in cases of medical ...

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 ...

BOSTON (WBSM) — Thanks to the years-long effort of New Bedford State Senator Mark Montigny, it is now illegal in Massachusetts to declaw a cat. The legislation, first introduced by Montigny in 2019, ...

A close up of a cat’s paw. (Photo from iStock royalty-free images.) The Tendonectomy Alternative Another procedure mentioned in the article is a tendonectomy, which involves severing the tendon that ...