Category: AAHA Still Allows Declawing In Their Accredited Animal Hospitals in 2024

How Dr Andy Roark Played The Victim Instead of Helping The Welfare of Cats.

In one sentence he said he was, “impressed by my passion and dedication”, and that I’m someone who is working hard to help pets and do good in the world. He said that he hopes I see similar characteristics in him.
And in the next sentence he said he didn’t feel inspired but he felt attacked.
Hmmmm. How did I attack him?
I simply asked some questions in a private email as to why so many employees at his practice that is a AAHA, AAFP Cat Friendly hospital were saying that they are a high volume declawing practice and that cat owners could book a declaw surgery with him personally.

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July 21, 2025

9 Declawing AAHA Hospitals Were Handpicked By AAHA Consultants For Their 2025 Practice of the Year Contest And Praised As Delivering Gold Standard Care.

Out of the 17 general practice* finalists for AAHA’s 2025 Practice of the Year, according to employees who work there, nine perform declawing—a painful, unnecessary amputation procedure condemned by leading animal welfare and veterinary organizations.
AAHA publicly “strongly opposes”  declawing but rewards AAHA hospitals that perform it.

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June 4, 2025

How The CVMA and the California VMB Stopped The Anti-declawing Bills

Multiple animal medical and welfare organizations have issued statements against declawing, including the American Association of Feline Practitioners, the American Animal Hospital Association, the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, and the World Small Animal Veterinary Association. Fourteen jurisdictions have seen fit to ban the procedure. Even a major veterinary hospital chain, VCA, stopped declawing a year ago throughout Canada.
Now it is time for California to pass this important legislation and join the worldwide humane movement against declawing.

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March 21, 2025

The ASPCA’s Declawing Position Is Being Used To Defeat Anti-Declawing Bans, Helping Declawing Vets To Keep Cashing In On This Animal Cruelty

The American Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals (ASPCA) does not want declawing banned. 
The ASPCA’s declawing position statement is being used to defeat the anti-declawing legislation and it’s being used by pro-declaw cat owners to justify this inhumane amputation procedure.
Please call the ASPCA and ask them why don’t they want this ANIMAL CRUELTY (declawing) banned.  1 888 666 2279 ext 3.

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March 20, 2025

AAHA’s Declaw Communications Toolkit To Help Their Declawing Hospitals

Remember, declawing is a $900,000 – $1,200,000,000/year business. That’s a lot of clams.

So here’s the hypocrisy in a nutshell.
AAHA has strict guidelines for compliance.
AAHA has a strong anti-declaw position.
Get ready for the big BUT…
But, they openly tell their 3500 members who pay $1070 for membership, that they don’t have to follow the AAHA declaw position. (They aren’t however, ever lax on the dentals.)

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January 20, 2025

VetCor’s Mission is “To enhance the health and well-being of pets” so why would they allow declawing?

VetCor says that this is their mission. “To enhance the health and well-being of pets and the people who care for them.” https://www.vetcor.com/about-us/our-story
One of the first Values that they list is, “Do the right thing.”
In January 2025 our researchers looked into the vet clinics associated with VetCor’s veterinary leaders.  Out of 22 clinics, we found that 9 of them declaw cats.

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January 18, 2025
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