CITY HALL — A controversial surgical procedure that animal lovers have dubbed as an amputation on cats could face restrictions in Santa Monica. The City Council on Tuesday directed its staff to draft ...

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 ...

Representatives of Vallejo veterinary hospitals and animal welfare organizations are applauding a new state law banning the practice of declawing cats. The law in question, Assembly Bill 867, bans the ...

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.

BOSTON — In a move encouraged by several animal welfare groups across the state, Governor Maura Healey signed a bill into law that makes it illegal to remove the claws of cats. The law bans ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Thursday, Oct. 10 banning the declawing of cats in California unless medically necessary. He also signed a number of bills aimed at halting the puppy and pet mill ...

Two people are facing charges after a botched declawing operation last October left a kitten in pain and vomiting a green substance for two weeks before he finally died, according to Miami-Dade police ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ohio would join five other states in banning the practice of declawing cats under a bipartisan bill recently introduced in the ...