Feline History Made On Oct. 13, 2025: ASPCA Dumps Dangerous Declaw-Death Defense Held Since 2016
October 13, 2025: A seismic shift in feline advocacy! History made as the ASPCA finally removes the debunked and dangerous “declaw-or-death” myth from its declawing position statement, striking a major blow against this cruel procedure and paving the way for stronger bans nationwide!
The ASPCA’s Antiquated Declawing Position Is a Gift to Veterinarians Who Profit From This Barbaric Cruelty
The ASPCA claims to be the nation’s voice to prevent animal cruelty — yet when it comes to declawing, it sides with veterinarians who profit from this act of mutilation, not with cats.
The ASPCA’s declawing position shamefully condones cat declawing — a cruel and inhumane amputation procedure — hiding behind the flimsy excuse that in rare cases it might prevent euthanasia.
If the ASPCA truly cared about saving cats from being euthanized, they’d just support the humane alternatives to declawing or re-homing, not this barbaric and inhumane mutilation. They would also support laws to ban declawing.
The ASPCA’s declawing position has been used by veterinary medical associations and pro-declaw vets to block anti-declawing laws in Wyoming (2021), Arizona (2022), and Illinois (2023), helping protect profits rather than cats.
A Declawing Horror Story at a Standard of Excellence AAHA Accredited Animal Hospital.
This is a horrific story about 3 kitties named Teeger, Abby, and Ryder, whose lives have been tragically ruined because of being declawed.
Betraying the Paws They Claim to Protect: ASPCA’s Position Helps Declawing Vets Not Cats
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.
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.)
The Organizations That Allow Declawing
Here are many examples of those in the veterinary profession and some outside of it, who could truly help to end the inhumane procedure of declawing, but aren’t.
The ASPCA’s Declawing Position Is Helping Declawing Vets Make More Money From This Animal Cruelty
Do veterinarians lie about declawing because they know they shouldn’t be doing it?
Is Dr Wayne Anderson, AzVMA’s Advisory Council board member, ill-informed or just a plain liar?
Dr Wayne Anderson testified on March 23, 2022 against the Arizona anti-declawing bill. He owns AzPetVet which consists of 22 vet clinics in Arizona.
All but one of Dr Wayne Anderson’s 22 vet clinics declaw cats, according to employees who work there. Declawing is a big money making procedure in many AzPetVet Clinics.
The ASPCA Doesn’t Want Declawing Banned & Their Position Statement is Being Used to Stop Anti-declawing bills.
City the Kitty is calling on animal lovers across the world to investigate the ASPCA on why they do not want declawing banned and why they have a declawing position statement that is on the side of declawing veterinarians and not cats.
If the ASPCA has a declawing position statement that completely condemns this animal cruelty (declawing) and helps pass laws to ban it, then more cats would be protected from this inhumane, cruel, and very harmful amputation procedure.
The ASPCA Doesn’t Want Declawing Banned Even If It Is Bad for Cats, Veterinarians, Cat Owners, and Veterinary Professionals.
UPDATE. Oct. 14, 2025. The ASPCA finally updated their declawing position and took out the euthanasia excuse from their main position and their destructive scratching section. Please give them a thank you and ask if they will help ban declawing nationwide, especially when the bills in AZ and IL come back on the table since […]
Is the Angst of Declawing Contributing to Veterinarian Suicide? The Info In Our Story Says It Is.
We have data, peer reviewed studies, and notes from veterinarians to show you that declawing is contributing to mental and moral stress in the veterinary profession. If declawing is banned, it will improve the mental health and well-being in many veterinarians and veterinary professionals.