Minnesota Law Prohibits Landlords From Requiring Declawing and Devocalization– May 15, 2023 – Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has signed a bill which creates Section 5048.114 in the Minnesota Statues, which prohibits landlords from requiring that tenants declaw or devocalize their animals as a condition of tenancy. The law will go into effect on January 1, […]

Washington, DC, bans declawing– April 21, 2023 – The Council of the District of Columbia passed § 22–1012.03, which states that “A person commits unlawful cat declawing if that person knowingly performs, or causes to be performed, a partial or complete onychectomy, phalangectomy, or tendonectomy procedure (“declawing”), by any means, on a cat, except when

Easton becomes third Pennsylvania city to outlaw declawing– March 22, 2023 – The city of Easton unanimously passed a new law on March 22, 2023 that will ban the declawing of cats, making it the third city in Pennsylvania and the second city in the Lehigh Valley to approve the animal protection measure. Easton Councilwoman

The Borough of Etna, Pennsylvania outlaws declawing– March 21, 2023 – The Council of Etna, Pennsylvania, voted to pass Ordinance No. 1391, which amends Chapter 160, “to prohibit the performance of declawing procedures on cats.” Paw Project Director and Founder Dr. Jennifer Conrad said, “We are grateful to the the Etna Councilmembers for banning the

Illinois Anti-Declaw Bill, HB 1533, Passes House– March 16, 2023 – Illinois Anti-Declaw Bill HB 1533 passed the Illinois House of Representatives with a floor vote of 67-38. The bill would make non-therapeutic declawing illegal and was authored by State Representative Barbara Hernandez. The Paw Project, HSUS, HSVMA, Alley Cat Allies, and ALDF were among the organizations