Another way is through Laser Declawing, where a laser removes the third bone in the paw. Cats instinctively need to scratch various surfaces. This is a way to keep their nails clean and in good shape.

Declawing, or onychectomy, involves amputating the last bone of a cat’s toe, whether by using guillotine clippers, scalpels or lasers. Claims of new, less harmful methods are false. Laser ...

But increasingly, this surgical procedure is viewed as a form of animal cruelty, especially in big cats. “What people might not realize is that declawing a cat is not like trimming our ...

There, during the 1990s, she witnessed young cats suffering in the aftermath of declawing procedures. “They would be banging their hands trying to get the bandages off and the cage would be full ...

On January 9, Governor Maura Healey signed An Act Prohibiting Inhumane Feline Declawing (S.2552) into law. The law bans cat declawing in Massachusetts, exc ...

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 ...

The Animal Legal Defense Fund states that the governor signed An Act Prohibiting Inhumane Feline Declawing into law, which bans cats from being declawed, except in rare situations such as cancer ...

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 ...