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...

Declawing is a regular procedure in most vet clinics in Northeast Texas. If you can find a no-declaw clinic in that area, please send us a note. Citythekitty@gmail.com

In 2019, a spokesman for the billionaire Reimann family—whose ancestors profited under the Nazi regime—said, "The whole truth must be put on the table." Here’s a truth still hidden: The Reimanns built part of their immense fortune on human suffering, and today, they allow cat suffering to continue. Through their firm JAB Holding Co., they own NVA, the largest U.S. network of vet hospitals—over 1,400 clinics—many of which still perform declawing, a cruel amputation procedure their own Medical Board has called "inhumane." The cruelty didn’t stop with history. It just changed form.

LAKEWOOD, Colo., July 25, 2025 — The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) introduced “groundbreaking new Standards of Accreditation”  calling them a “historic milestone” in elevating veterinary care in their press release. Yet, AAHA’s new standards merely “discourages” nontherapeutic declawing, ear cropping, and devocalization, allowing their accredited hospitals to continue these practices without penalty. Critics, including […]

This is a horrific story about 3 kitties named Teeger, Abby, and Ryder, whose lives have been tragically ruined because of being declawed.

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.