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.
Near Pain Free Cat Declaw By An 18 yr AVMA Member Veterinarian in Pennsylvania
Near Pain Free Cat Declaw By An 18 yr AVMA Member Veterinarian. This is another example of why declawing needs to be banned.
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 Banned Declawing in All Their Vet Clinics On April 21, 2025
The majority of PetVet Care Centers perform declawing. In fact, most of them also offer 4 paw declaws.
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.”
Westfield, Indiana has 6 veterinary clinics and 3 of them do not declaw cats. One of the declawing clinics is a Cat Friendly Practice.
Story published on August 23, 2024 Why is this Southern Veterinary Partners vet clinic that’s a Cat Friendly Practice in Indiana still declawing cats when AAFP banned declawing in their Cat Friendly Practices on Jan. 1, 2021? On August 8, 2019, All Star did a Facebook post that said, “Happy International Cat Day! What better […]
Will AAHA’s 2024 Practice of the Year Be Another Declawing Animal Hospital?
AAHA’s 2024 Practice of the Year Contest is here! Let’s vote for the no-declaw animal hospitals! There are 20 finalists. Three of them perform declawing.
In 2023 there were 4 finalists for AAHA’s practice of the year. Three of them did not declaw cats. AAHA chose the declawing clinic as their 2023 Practice of the Year.
Four Animal Welfare Organizations Chose The Virginia Veterinary Medical Association Over The Welfare of Cats
Four animal welfare organizations, who say they are against declawing, the Richmond SPCA, the Virginia Federation of Humane Societies, Best Friends Animal Society, and PETA, supported this corrupted bill with the Virginia Veterinary Medical Associations “owner’s health” amendment in it.