Ohio VMA Says a Declaw Ban Would Take “Medical Decisions” Away From Vets — But Its Incoming President’s Clinic Says Elective Declawing Isn’t Medically Necessary

Several leaders of the Ohio Veterinary Medical Association are tied to practices that perform elective declawing. The association claims a ban would “take medical decisions away from veterinarians”—yet its own president-elect’s clinic says the procedure is “not medically necessary.”