“Declawing is an amputation surgery with serious and often life-long consequences. Declawed cats often become fear biters and carpet wetters, putting them at greater risk for surrender or ...

Animal rights advocates tangled with leaders of the state's veterinarian lobby over bipartisan legislation (HB 201) that would make New Hampshire the fifth state to ban the declawing of cats. Over the ...

The Concord Monitor article on Jan. 22 covered Michelle Conroy’s testimony about how, when she worked in a vet clinic in the 1990s, the cats awoke from declaw surgery in excruciating pain ...

While most veterinary schools no longer teach this surgery and most veterinarians refuse to perform it, it is imperative the state prohibits it. This move will discourage cat owners from seeking out ...

HOPEFULLY HE’LL DO BETTER. HE MAY HAVE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL TREATMENT. THE SURGERY COST MORE THAN $3,000. THE CAT RESCUE IS RAISING MONEY TO PAY FOR IT, AND ANY FUTURE POSSIBLE PROCEDURES.

Governor Maura Healey signed An Act Prohibiting Inhumane Feline Declawing (S.2552) into law. The law bans cat declawing in Massachusetts, except in rare situations of medical necessity, such as a ...

Cat declawing is now illegal in Massachusetts after Gov. Maura Healey signed a law Thursday banning the practice in the state. The law, introduced by state Sen. Mark Montigny, D-New Bedford ...

Governor Maura Healey signed a law that bans cat declawing in Massachusetts except in rare cases of medical necessity. Violators of the law, which was passed last week, could be fined up to $1,000 ...

Massachusetts has a new law banning the "inhumane" and "barbaric" declawing of cats, a move that the bill's sponsor says will stop feline suffering from resulting pain, blood loss, and an impaired ...

Animal rights advocates tangled with leaders of the state’s veterinarian lobby over bipartisan legislation (HB 201) that would make New Hampshire the fifth state to ban the declawing of cats.