January 2021

The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) has a 2015 declawing position statement.

AAHA says they are strongly opposed to declawing yet they allow it in their accredited animal hospitals.

Please sign our petition to AAHA. AAHA Petition

Many AAHA Accredited Animal Hospitals declaw cats. Here’s our story about the 2020 AAHA animal hospital of the year winner. AAHA 2020 animal hospital winner

AAHA says in their 2015 declawing position statement that they believe that there is insufficient data regarding behavioral issues after a declaw. AAHA’s 2015 Declawing Position Statement

Let’s educate AAHA about this issue.

Here’s a 2017 study that showed Pain and Adverse behavior in declawed cats. Pain and Adverse behavior in declawed cats study

A 2017 study showed that declawed cats have higher levels of cortisol in their bodies than cats with their toes and claws. Higher levels of cortisol is an indication of chronic stress. Chronic stress causes behavioral issues. Here’s our story about this. Declawed cats have chronic stress

Here’s a 2019 study that shows that declawing causes chronic pain. Declawing causes chronic pain

Here’s a list of more studies that show behavioral issues in declawed cats. Declawing studies

The PawProject.org lists at least 5 studies that show how declawing causes behavioral issues. List at the end of our story.

Here’s VCA’s full declawing position statement. VCA’s 2020 Declawing Position

Hundreds and hundreds of declawed cats are relinquished to shelters/rescues because of behavioral issues from their toe bone amputations. Here’s a small sample of many of them in MN.

WHAT MORE DOES AAHA WANT TO SEE???

IT’S A FACT THAT DECLAWING CAUSES BEHAVIORAL ISSUES IN MANY CATS!

PLEASE SEND A POLITE EMAIL TO AAHA@AAHA.ORG AND ASK THEM WHY THEY WON’T UPDATE THEIR 2015 DECLAWING POSITION STATEMENT AND SEND THEM THE LINK TO OUR STORY SO THEY CAN SEE ALL THE STUDIES THAT SHOW DECLAWING CAUSES BEHAVIORAL ISSUES.

SEND US AN EMAIL IF YOU GET A REPLY FROM THEM. CITYTHEKITTY@GMAIL.COM

KNOW the FACTS. Declawing Facts vs Myths

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Studies showing how declawing causes behavioral issues.

From the Pawproject.org

“Yes, declawing a cat can be the reason that cat loses its home. Cats may be abandoned by their owners after being declawed because the cats develop behavioral changes or other problems after the declaw surgery. These behaviors include biting and urinating or defecating in unwanted areas outside of the litter box. Declawed cats with these behaviors are more likely to go to the pound, where an estimated 70% will be euthanized (killed). The pain of declawing sometimes causes cats to be reluctant to walk or play, and as a result, owners sometimes neglect them or mistreat them.

Since 1966, there have been only six articles in the US veterinary literature that have examined the behavioral changes caused by declawing:

 

Always take the high road, be polite, and educate.