California Bill to Ban Declawing Stalled in Legislature
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...
New Jersey Bill to Ban Declawing
Anti-Declaw Bill Passes First NJ Senate Committee
– May 31, 2018 – New Jersey State Senator Troy Singleton introduced legislation that would add onychetomy, or declawing, to the list of criminal animal cruelty offenses in...
VCA Canada Announces the End of Declawing in its Clinics
Canada's VCA joins the ranks of veterinary organizations to ban declawing –
May 17, 2018 – VCA Canada Medical Director Dr. Daniel Joffe announced the decision by VCA Canada, which runs 110+ clinics in British...
British Columbia Bans Declawing
Veterinarians Act sets a new standard of care in British Columbia.
May 8, 2018 – Dr. Margie Scherk, Paw Project-British Columbia Director reports that the College of Veterinarians of British Columbia (CVBC) has banned the...
Nova Scotia Bans Declawing
Leading the way in Canada –
December 12, 2017 – "Nova Scotia is the first state or province in the US or Canada to ban declawing," reports Dr. Hugh Chisholm, Paw Project-Atlantic Canada Director. The...