Lawmakers in Michigan are considering a bill to make it illegal to declaw cats, which many animal advocates and some veterinarians say impedes the felines' natural instincts to climb and scratch.

BOSTON (WPRI) — It will soon officially be illegal to declaw a cat in Massachusetts. Gov. Maura Healey signed legislation Thursday that bans declawing and tendonectomy procedures on cats unless it is ...

MICHIGAN (WNEM) - A bill was proposed to Michigan Legislature on Thursday, May 25 that would ban cat declawing in Michigan. House Bill 4674 was introduced on Thursday and is sponsored by Rep. Jimmie ...

LOS ANGELES 1--1--> The council, which initially approved the measure Nov. 6, gave the ordinance unanimous final approval Tuesday without discussion. Councilman Paul Koretz, who proposed the ordinance ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – The Massachusetts Senate has unanimously passed a bill to prohibit declawing, tendonectomy, and similar procedures from being performed on cats. The ban on inhumane cat ...

Assembly Bill 867 bans tendonectomy, onychectomy, or "any type of claw removal" procedures on cats. Declawing is "the cutting and amputating of the first joint (the toes) of a cat’s paw," and often ...

New York lawmakers are considering a bill that would make the state the first to ban declawing of cats under one of several animal protection measures headed to the state legislature. Assembly Bill ...

Michigan may become the second state in the country, after New York, to ban the practice of declawing cats. State Rep. Nate Shannon, D-Sterling Heights, and 20 other Michigan legislators have ...

Anyone who has ever owned a cat knows the frustration of coming home and finding a piece of furniture or an article of clothing torn to shreds. It’s a sacrifice you would think all cat owners ...

Michigan could follow New York and ban declawing cats, becoming the second U.S. state to do so. House Bill No. 5508 was introduced on Thursday by State Rep. Nate Shannon, D-Sterling Heights, and 20 ...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Monday making the state the first in the U.S. to ban declawing of cats. Assembly Bill A1303, introduced in January, states that "no person shall perform an ...