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.

Story published in April 2021 Please sign our petition to NVA. No need to donate to Change. org as they keep the money. NVA petition Update 2025. Many NVA clinics are still declawing cats. For example, below are the two NVA clinics that are May 2025 finalists in the AAHA Practice of the Year contest […]

Out of 22 GoodVets clinics, we found that only two of them in Florida that will declaw cats. Both declawing clinics are owned by the same declawing veterinarian.

Cat mutilation and torture masquerading as the best in veterinary medicine: Many of AAHA’s Standard of Excellence Accredited Animal Hospitals declaw cats. AAHA allows their accredited animal hospitals to declaw cats for profit, advertise their declawing services, and lie about it to their clients and to the public. They also allow their veterinarians to submit […]

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.

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.

Story published on February 5, 2025 CityVet is a veterinary group company with over 55 vet clinics in America. They say on their website that their core values are, “We promise to serve pet families in the kindest ways possible. Our collective compassion, support, and exceptional care shape our values and give us purpose everyday.” […]

Here’s our story about how all the veterinary colleges in America address declawing. Out of these 30 American veterinary schools, 10 of them don't perform declawing at their small animal hospitals, according to employees at their 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.)

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.