Paw Project Praises New York as First No-Declaw State – July 22, 2019 – Today, cats of New York and the people who love them can rejoice because the bill to ban cruel cat declawing in New York State IS NOW LAW! A huge thank you to Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal, her staff, including Lauren […]

Paw Project Announces New Anti-Declaw Bill in Florida – August 2, 2019 – Senator Lauren Book of Florida introduced her Anti-Declaw Bill, SB 48, on August 2, 2019. The bill would make illegal the declawing of cats for non-therapeutic reasons in the state of Florida. Local news sources describe the bill as a mirror of

Manitoba is Seventh Canadian Province to Ban Cat Declawing – May 30, 2019 – Veterinarians of the Manitoba Veterinary Medical Association voted overwhelmingly to ban the practice of declawing cats without a medical reason. The vote came back with 73 per cent in favour of a bylaw banning the procedure. The ban was effective immediately.

Legislation to Ban Declawing in California Stalled in Legislature – April 23, 2019 – Assemblymember Bill Quirk, PhD, authored a bill, AB 1230, that would end declawing in California. The bill did not pass its committee hearing on April 23, 2019. It now becomes a “two-year” bill. In a press release announcing the introduction of

Alberta Vets Ban Declawing and Other Unnecessary Surgery – February 3, 2019 – The Alberta Veterinary Medical Association voted “overwhelmingly” to pass two resolutions to ban declawing and other surgeries they consider to be unnecessary, such as ear cropping, tendonectomy, body piercing, and tail nicking. The second resolution would require veterinarians and veterinary technicians to