National Veterinary Associates (NVA) Lied About Declawing. Can This Company Be Trusted With Your Pets?

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 […]
GoodVets.com Says They Provide Best In Class Medicine But Why Do Two Of Their Clinics Declaw Cats?

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.
No Mercy for Cats: AAHA’s Failure to Stop Allowing Declawing Shows Money Matters More Than Cat Welfare

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 […]
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.
Why Would CityVet.com Say They Are Devoted Healers Yet They Allow Declawing In Their Vet Clinics!

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.” […]
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.)
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.
PetVet Care Centers Says They Believe In Ethical Medical Practice & Minimizing Unnecessary Pain and Suffering in Their Patients But They Allow Declawing

The majority of PetVet Care Centers perform declawing. In fact, most of them also offer 4 paw declaws.
It’s 2025. Why is AAHA.org Still Allowing Declawing In Their Accredited Animal Hospitals?

UPDATED FEB. 2025. Story published on April 30, 2024. Why is AAHA.org still putting profits over the welfare of cats by allowing declawing in their hospitals? Please sign our petition to AAHA.org. We are almost at 50,000 signatures. AAHA Petition Are the leaders of AAHA.org confused? If you know any of them, please ask them […]
Abilene, Texas Should Be Called Dis-Abilene At The Rate They Declaw Cats.

Out of 13 vet clinics in Abilene, we found only 3 who do not perform declawing. One declawing vet clinic said that they will only declaw cats on all four paws if it’s for a cat who is scratching a waterbed or for leather furniture. One declawing vet was asked if declawing is bad for a cat and he said, “”It’s not good or bad. It’s all about what you want for the cat. The cat’s not making the decision, you are.”