Dear Cathy: In your column, "Stronger Case for Declawing," (Oct. 3) your case against declawing was based on opinion and supposition, not on science. There are many reasons for people to declaw cats.

From cat declawing bans to crackdowns on extreme farm confinement, here are the laws that have recently come into place.

Declawing can lead to behavior problems and medical issues. Kseniya Ovchinnikova / Getty Images Cat declawing—the removal of a cat's claws—is a controversial medical procedure. Leading organizations ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Planning to declaw your cat? Scratch that. It’s now illegal in Massachusetts, except for rare medical cases. Gov. Maura Healey on ...

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 ...

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EWING, New Jersey -- New Jersey could soon be the first state in the nation to ban the controversial practice of declawing cats. An assembly committee has approved a bill that would ban veterinarians ...

“Yes, absolutely. Declawing should be made illegal. It is an inhumane practice and can have many horrible side effects. Also, if a cat is let outside accidentally or deliberately, it is totally ...

The effects of declawing cats are permanent and barbaric for many reasons. In this video, I help Morgan and Dexter to better understand and overcome the issue of playtime with a cat whose balance has ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2020. Q: I recently adopted a kitten named Joy from a rescue that prohibits ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law Thursday that will make it illegal to declaw a cat in California, a practice lawmakers and animal advocates argued is outdated and inhumane. Assembly Bill 867 ...

THE AGE OF 100. YOUR TIME IS 651. ON THIS FRIDAY. CAT DECLAWING IS NOW BANNED IN MASSACHUSETTS. GOVERNOR MAURA HEALEY SIGNED A BILL INTO LAW YESTERDAY PROHIBITING THAT PRACTICE. THE ONLY EXCEPTIONS TO ...