Thinking about cat declawing to save your furniture from your feisty kitten? Here’s what you need to know first. If you’ve ever come home to a shredded sofa or watched your cat turn your curtains into ...

Cat declawing (also called onychectomy) is the amputation of the first digital (toe) bones in a cat’s paw, including the nail bed and claw. It’s done to stop a cat’s natural scratching behavior. While ...

Declawing a cat so he does not mess up the furniture or shred the curtains may sound like a good idea in theory; however, there are several negative consequences to declawing. Once considered a quick, ...

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 ...

Alan M. Beck is the director of the Center of the Human-Animal Bond at Purdue University's College of Veterinary Medicine. Updated December 21, 2015, 3:20 AM New York State is considering making it a ...

New York recently became the first state in the U.S. to ban cat declawing, a practice that most animal advocates say is of no benefit to felines and is done typically for the convenience of the owners ...