Declawing your cat for the sake of your furniture or to avoid being scratched is rapidly becoming taboo, as a growing number ...

Although it used to be common for cat owners to choose declawing as a solution to preventing scratching damage to furniture, carpets and the like, there are major negative consequences to it. Once ...

We’re hoping the county will prioritize animal welfare over the safety of a sofa, and protect cats from needless and ...

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 ...

If you’ve ever come home to a shredded sofa or watched your cat turn your curtains into their personal jungle gym, you’re not alone. Scratching is completely natural for cats, and they don’t do it ...

How far do you go to protect your couch from your frisky feline? While it’s common practice in the U.S. to declaw cats, one veterinarian is trying to get the practice banned nationwide. “I found that ...

For years, declawing was presented as a simple solution for protecting furniture, carpets and curtains from cats' scratching. Today, we know much more, and this information has changed how ...

Because there is a lack of rigorous long-term studies on declawing cats, the consequences of this practice have been long underestimated. Yet research we conducted in Quebec shows that declawing ...

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 ...

People seek to have their cats declawed for all sorts of reasons: Maybe the cats are shredding the furniture, or scratching each other (or the dog). Or, maybe the pet owners grew up with declawed cats ...