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Blue River PetCare Boasts “Medical Excellence” and “Outstanding Patient Care” — But Allows Declawing

Blue River PetCare, one of the nation’s largest veterinary groups, says it is “a growing community of veterinary practices and dedicated professionals working together to better the lives of the patients we treat.”
The company also says it welcomes professionals who share “our commitment to medical excellence” and that “every practice is built on trusted one-on-one relationships and outstanding patient care.”
Yet despite those public commitments, Blue River PetCare allows declawing in its hospitals.
Blue River also states: “At Blue River, we focus on the health and wellbeing of our clinical team members as much as we do the animals they treat.”
How does allowing declawing—an inhumane, mutilating, unnecessary amputation procedure that causes lifelong harm to cats and moral stress among veterinary professionals—align with Blue River’s stated commitments to medical excellence, outstanding patient care, and the well-being of its veterinary teams?

“The discomfort level is no more in a neuter than it is in a declaw that is done properly.”- NJVMA SpokesVet Dr Mike Yurkus

When cats start walking on their balls then we will start believing the NJVMA’s spokesvet Dr Yurkus and his animal hospital that declawing isn’t more painful than neutering.

Meanwhile, the American Association of Feline Practitioners’ policy on declawing states:

“Physically, regardless of the method used, onychectomy causes a higher level of pain than spays and neuters. Patients may experience both adaptive and maladaptive pain; in addition to inflammatory pain, there is the potential to develop long-term neuropathic or central pain if the pain is inadequately managed during the perioperative and healing periods.” [AAFP Policy Statement on Declawing, 2007.]

AAHA Veterinarians Fight to Stop The Anti-Declawing Bills. AAHA.org Puts Profits Over The Welfare of Cats

Here are some examples of how the vets with AAHA Accredited Animal Hospital’s fight to stop the anti-declawing bills and ordinances.
Dr Lynn McEwan of Palmdale veterinary hospital, an AAHA accredited animal hospital, submitted this letter of opposition to the California bill to ban declawing in 2018.
In August 2021, another AAHA veterinarian, Dr Peter Pelissier testified to the Sheridan, WY City Council and Mayor about why he opposes the declaw ban amendment to the animal cruelty/abuse ordinance. Here’s his full testimony.  He was not truthful with some of his information. This declaw ban amendment was stopped by a 5-2 vote. One of the Sheridan City Council members told us that he voted no because of Dr Pelissier’s testimony.