MN Landlord-Declaw Bill, SF 3076, Introduced – February 10, 2022 – Minnesota State Senator Scott Dibble has introduced SF 3076, which would prohibit landlords and property managers from requiring declawing of tenants’ cats as a condition of tenancy. The bill was patterned after the Paw Project-sponsored SB 1229, which was enacted in California in 2012. […]
AZ Anti-Declaw Bill, HB2224, Approved by Committee – February 9, 2022 – AZ Bill HB2224 was approved with a 10-3 bipartisan vote by the AZ House Committee on Government and Elections. The bill, which would prohibit nontherapeutic declawing, was authored by State Representative Amish Shah, MD and co-authored by Representative Jennifer L. Longdon, Representative John
Madison, Wisconsin Passes No-Declaw Law – December 7, 2021 – Madison is the 14th local government to ban declawing. The ordinance was passed on December 7 following a unanimous vote from Madison’s city council. It prohibits elective, non-therapeutic onychectomy on cats, effective immediately. The ordinance, which was authored by Alder Lindsay Lemmer, received support from
Declawing has no benefits for cats By the Paw Project — November 11, 2021 — The burden of proof in the case against declawing falls on those who want to declaw. There is ample evidence against this procedure; its deleterious effects are recognized by any good practitioner. Declawed cats are more likely to bite, less
Alternatives to Declawing By the Paw Project — November 4, 2021 — There are healthy alternatives to surgical declawing, which is a drastic solution to unwanted behavior that can actually make things worse for both the cat and the cat owner. Some of the alternatives include Soft Paws, Feliscratch, frequent nail trimming, and providing appropriate
